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Description

This data set is a 1:15 million scale forest cover map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. Twenty-two land cover classes are distinguished, of which 20 are forest cover classes. The source data were acquired by map digitization from the Atlas of Forests of the USSR (Anon. 1973) which was likely based on forestry data from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent
N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2810671352-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Forests,
Land Use/Land Cover Classification

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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STONE, T. A., & SCHLESINGER, P. (2004). RLC Forest Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1973. ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/692 Date Accessed: 2025-10-07

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