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Description

This dataset is a 15-kilometer resolution land cover map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. There are sixty land cover classes distinguished in this dataset, of which 38 are forest cover classes. The data set is useful for stratification of the FSU into general sub-regions of land cover for subsequent study using higher resolution satellite data.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOAA-9
Instruments
AVHRR
Projects
Vegetation
Spatial Extent

N: 75 S: 35.2389 E: 180 W: 19.816

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1984-01-01 to 1993-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2810670679-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Use/Land Cover Classification

Citation

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.

Copy Citation

Stone, T. A., & Schlesinger, P. (2003). RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, 15-km, 1984-1993 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/689 Date Accessed: 2026-08-29

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