Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Database (NDP-017) (2001 version of original 1985 data)

Olson, J. S.; Watts, J. A.; Allison, L. J.

doi:10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP017

Title: Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Database (NDP-017) (2001 version of original 1985 data)

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In 1980, this data base and the corresponding map were completed after more than 20 years of field investigations, consultations, and analyses of published literature. They characterize the use and vegetative cover of the Earth's land surface with a 0.5° × 0.5° grid. This world-ecosystem-complex data set and the accompanying map provide a current reference base for interpreting the role of vegetation in the global cycling of CO2 and other gases and a basis for improved estimates of vegetation and soil carbon, of natural exchanges of CO2, and of net historic shifts of carbon between the biosphere and the atmosphere.For access to the data files, click this link to the CDIAC data transition website: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/epubs/ndp/ndp017/ndp017_1985.html

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Olson, J. S.; Watts, J. A.; Allison, L. J.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division; OSTI
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division

Publication Date:: Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

Other Number(s):: osti:1389497; doi:10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP017; cdiac:doi 10.3334/CDIAC/lue.ndp017

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. DOE > Office of Science (SC) > Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Collaborations:: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AREA; Biomass; Carbon; Cover; ECO; ECOCODE; Ecosystem; LAT; LON; MAXCD; MEDCD; MINCD; NP; RMEDCD; SURF(IP-1); SURF(IP-2); Vegetation

OSTI Identifier:: 1389497

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP017

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                    Olson, J. S., Watts, J. A., and Allison, L. J. Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Database (NDP-017) (2001 version of original 1985 data).  United States: N. p., 1985. 
        Web.  doi:10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP017.

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                    Olson, J. S., Watts, J. A., & Allison, L. J. Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Database (NDP-017) (2001 version of original 1985 data).  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP017

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                    Olson, J. S., Watts, J. A., and Allison, L. J. 1985.  
"Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Database (NDP-017) (2001 version of original 1985 data)".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/LUE.NDP017.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1389497. Pub date:Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

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