Matthew's GISS Global 1-Degree Vegetation, Land-use and Albedo Data

This dataset, from Elaine Matthews of NASA, contains six databases of global 1-degree data for use in climate studies. The six databases are a vegetation dataset representing natural vegetation, a land-use set defining the areal extent of cultivated land, and four surface albedo datasets for snow-free conditions (except for permanently snow-covered continental ice) for January, April, July, and October.

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Asset Size 3.768 MB
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Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1983-06-30
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/6RCB-YJ96
Alternate Identifier d765000
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Topic Category imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
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Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:29:48Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d765000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation . (1983). Matthew's GISS Global 1-Degree Vegetation, Land-use and Albedo Data. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/6RCB-YJ96. Accessed 30 December 2025.

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