Gridded Global Vegetation Types

• Main Author: Matthews, Elaine
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem 1984
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Natural Vegetation; Elaine Matthews; Gridded Ecosystem Classifications; Global Vegitation Types 32; Veg-Type-1 Tropical evergreen rainforest, mangrove forest; Veg-Type-2 Tropical/Subtropical evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest; Veg-Type-3 Subtropical evergreen rainforest; Veg-Type-4 Temperate/Subpolar evergreen rainforest; Veg-Type-5 Temperate evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest, summer rain; Veg-Type-6 evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous forest wither rain; Veg-Type-7 Tropical/subtropical evergreen needleleaved forest; Veg-Type-8 Temperate/subpolar evergreen needleleaved forest; Veg-Type-9 Tropical/Subtropical drought-deciduous forest; Veg-Type-10 Cold-Deciduous forest, with evergreens; Veg-Type-11 Cold-Deciduous forest, without evergreens; Veg-Type-12 xeromorphic forest/woodland; Veg-Type-13 evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous woodlands; Veg-Type-14 evergreen needle leaved woodland; Veg-Type-15 Tropical/Subtropical drought-deciduous woodland; Veg-Type-16 Cold-deciduous woodland; Veg-Type-17 evergreen broadleaved shrubland/thicket, evergreen dwarf-shrubland; Veg-Type-18 evergreen needleleaved or microphyllous shrubland/thicket; Veg-Type-19 drought-deciduous shrubland/thicket; Veg-Type-20 cold-deciduous subalpine/subpolar shrubland, cold-deciduous swarf shrubland; Veg-Type-21 xeromorphic shrubland/dwarf shrubland; Veg-Type-22 arctic/alpine tundra, mossy bog; Veg-Type-23 tall/medium/short grassland with 10-40% woody tree cover; Veg-Type-24 tall/mediu,/short grassland with <10% woody tree cover or tuft-pland cover; Veg-Type-25 tall/medium/short grassland with shrub cover; Veg-Type-26 tall grassland, no woody cover; Veg-Type-27 medium grassland, no woody cover; Veg-Type-28 meadow, short grassland, no woody cover; Veg-Type-29 forb formations; Veg-Type-30 desert; Veg-Type-31 ice; Veg-Type-32 cultivation; Number of Records in data file; Demensions; Min.; Max.; Arctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15485/1464257; https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464257/

Global digital databases of natural vegetation and land use were compiled, for use in climate studies, at 1 degree resolution from over 100 published sources. A series of 6 data sets, derived from the original compilations, was prepared and archived on tape at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) (Matthews, 1984). The first, this database, is a vegetation data set representing natural (pre-agricultural) vegetation based on the UNESCO classification system. The ecosystem classifications used are: 1. tropical evergreen rainforest, mangrove forest; 2. tropical/subtropical evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest; 3. subtropical evergreen rainforest; 4. temperate/subpolar evergreen rainforest; 5. temperate evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest, summer rain; 6. evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous forest winter rain; 7. tropical/subtropical evergreen needleleaved forest; 8. temperate/subpolar evergreen needleleaved forest; 9. tropical/subtropical drought-deciduous forest; 10. cold-deciduous forest, with evergreens; 11. cold-deciduous forest, without evergreens; 12. xeromorphic forest/woodland; 13. evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous woodland; 14. evergreen needleleaved woodland; 15. tropical/subtropical drought-deciduous woodlands; 16. cold-deciduous woodland; 17. evergreen broadleaved shrubland/thicket, evergreen dwarf-shrubland; 18. evergreen needleleaved or microphyllous shrubland/thicket; 19. drought-deciduous shrubland/thicket; 20. cold-deciduous subalpine/polar shrubland, cold-deciduous dwarf shrubland; 21. xeromorphic shrubland/dwarf shrubland; 22. arctic/alpine tundra, mossy bog; 23. tall/medium/short grassland with 10-40% woody tree cover; 24. tall/medium/short grassland with < 10% woody tree cover or tuft-plant cover; 25. tall/medium/short grassland with shrub cover; 26. tall grassland, no woody cover; 27. medium grassland, no woody cover; 28. meadow, short grassland, no woody cover; 29. forb formations; 30. desert; 31. ice; and 32. cultivation.