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GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS DATABASE: DATABASE DOCUMENTATION AND CD-ROM
Citation:
Campbell, W. AND J. Kineman. GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS DATABASE: DATABASE DOCUMENTATION AND CD-ROM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-91/216.
Description:
The primary objective of this cooperative research and development is to produce an integrated, quality controlled, global database (including time sequences) for spatially distributed modeling. he project concentrates on modern observational data, including remotely sensed data and data from other sources. he database includes complementary multi-thematic data sets on compatible grids, registered to a common origin and projection (latitude-longitude). he database has been structured to be operable with several existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS), so that a complete analytical package could be provided to reviewers and other scientists for evaluation, experimentation, and further development. he software accompanying this CD-ROM (a subset of the GIS known as Idrisi) was developed and adapted for this project at Clark University. lthough compatible with Idrisi, the database is also designed to be easily up-loaded to the GIS known as GRASS, running on UNIX operating systems. ince the database structure is a system independent as possible, it should also be easily usable in other systems.