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  <dc:contributor>J.W. Merchant</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>D.O. Ohlen</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Jesslyn F. Brown</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Thomas R. Loveland</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1991</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Information regarding the characteristics and spatial distribution of the Earth's land cover is critical to global environmental research. A prototype land-cover database for the conterminous United States designed for use in a variety of global modelling, monitoring, mapping, and analytical endeavors has been created. The resultant database contains multiple layers, including the source AVHRR data, the ancillary data layers, the land-cover regions defined by the research, and translation tables linking the regions to other land classification schema (for example, UNESCO, USGS Anderson System). The land-cover characteristics database can be analyzed, transformed, or aggregated by users to meet a broad spectrum of requirements. -from Authors</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:title>Development of a land-cover characteristics database for the conterminous U.S.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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