Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set is a subset of data acquired from the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). The NLCD is comprised of Landsat data collected during 2001 that are representative of the land cover conditions present in the Georgia, USA regional study area during the Soil Moisture Experiment of 2003 (SMEX03).
Citation
Title SMEX03 Land Use Classification Data: Georgia, Version 1
publication  Date   2009-02-01
Edition 1
edition Date 2009-02-01
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Michael Cosh
organisation Name  United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 301 504 6461
Fax 1 301 504 8931
Address
10300 Baltimore AvenueBldg. 007, Rm. 104BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressmcosh@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Joanna Birch
organisation Name  US Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Contact information
Address
Bldg. 007, Rm. 104, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > United States Of America > Georgia
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Land Use/Land Cover > Land Use Classes
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Earth Observation Satellites > LANDSAT-5
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
TM > Thematic Mapper
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
project Keywords
SMEX03 > Soil Moisture Experiments in 2003
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
revision  Date   2008-01-24
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > experimental process
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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Theme keywords (theme):
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Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:47:49 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Earth Surface
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Satellites
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-11-21
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Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:47:49 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
update scope:  dataset
update scope:  series
update scope:  attribute
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints : none
Other constraints
Use Constraints : none
Resource extent
Extent description
SpatialCoverageType=HORIZONTAL, SpatialGranuleSpatialRepresentation=GEODETIC, TemporalRangeType=Continuous Range, TimeType=UTC
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -83.97085
eastBoundLongitude  -83.36425
northBoundLatitude  31.90326
southBoundLatitude  30.96107
Temporal Extent
2003-06-01T00:00:00.000Z 2003-07-31T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Michael Cosh
organisation Name  United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 301 504 6461
Fax 1 301 504 8931
Address
10300 Baltimore AvenueBldg. 007, Rm. 104BARC-West, Beltsville, MD, 20705 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressmcosh@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressnsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
point of contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressnsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
point of contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressnsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Description
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
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Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: CARTESIAN
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Scope of quality information
scope level  series
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressnsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name HTTPS
URL:https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/AVDM/data/soil_moisture/SMEX03/Georgia/ancillary_data/landuse_classification/
link function function
Description Direct download via HTTPS protocol.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/KPF4RZ8PFPZ0
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version
specification > FTP 19 MB
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version
specification > HTTPS 19 MB

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2009-02-01
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ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2017-09-27
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Metadata data stamp:  2017-09-27
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressnsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name
URL:http://nsidc.org
Description
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  SMEX03 Land Use Classification Data: Georgia
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information 2009 Metadata
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009
Metadata record identifier:  SMEX03 Land Use Classification Data: Georgia, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)