STPETE_BIO.IMG

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Laboratory for Applications in Remote Sensing, Corvallis, Oregon

Publication_Date: 20010725

Title: STPETE_BIO.IMG

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Corvallis, OR

Publisher: Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing in Ecology

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fsl.orst.edu/larse/>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

This coverage was created as part of the research undertaken by the Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing in Ecology (<http://www.fsl.orst.edu/larse/>) funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Land Cover- Land Use Change (LCLUC) program under a cooperative agreement with Oregon State University # NAG5-6242.

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fsl.orst.edu/larse/russia/>

Description:

Abstract:

This ERDAS Imagine raster file portrays forest above ground biomass predictions for the St. Petersburg Region of Northwest Russia. Biomass predictions in metric tonnes per hectare are derived from regression modelling of Landsat TM data from 1987-1995. Values have been truncated at a minimum of 1 t/ha and a maximum of 700 t/ha. Only forest pixels have been estimated, as delimited in an associated land cover raster data set STPETE_13CL. There is also an associated forest age prediction raster data set STPETE_AGE. This work was done by the Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing in Ecology in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, and funded by NASA's Land Cover- Land Use Change program.

Purpose:

This data layer was created to represent the forest above-ground biomass for the St. Petersburg Region of Northwest Russia, so that forest managers and ecologists might have a regional map of forest carbon stocks.

Supplemental_Information:

For process details not contained in these metadata, please refer to our web page: <http://www.fsl.orst.edu/larse/russia/>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1987

Ending_Date: 1995

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.192096

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.013516

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 61.542854

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 58.300696

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Land use- land cover mapping

Theme_Keyword: Forest biomass modelling

Theme_Keyword: Boreal forest

Theme_Keyword: Taiga

Theme_Keyword: Carbon stocks

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: St. Petersburg region

Place_Keyword: Russia

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints: None.

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: stpete_bio.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit: Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing in Ecology.

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: None

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Imagine 8.4 image file.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See process narrative in related web page.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Each raster cell is coded in one of 701 values representing forest biomass in t/ha.

Completeness_Report: Data set is complete.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Undetermined.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: USGS EROS Data Center

Publication_Date: varies

Title: Landsat MSS and TM data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Publication_Information:

Other_Citation_Details: See process narrative web page for image details.

Source_Scale_Denominator: 28.5 m pixels

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19860000

Ending_Date: 19951231

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EROS

Source_Contribution:

Landsat MSS and TM images were delivered from the USGS EROS Data Center on CD-ROM format.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Eurimage S. p. A.

Title: Landsat MSS and TM data

Other_Citation_Details: See process narrative web page for image details.

Source_Scale_Denominator: 28.5 m pixels

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19860000

Ending_Date: 19951231

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EUR

Source_Contribution:

Landsat MSS and TM images were delivered from Eurimage on CD-ROM format.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

See process narrative web page for procedure details: <http://www.fsl.orst.edu/larse/russia/>

Process_Date: 20010700

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Doug Oetter

Contact_Organization: Oregon State University

Contact_Position: Faculty Research Assistant

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Dept. of Forest Science Oregon State University

City: Corvallis

State_or_Province: OR

Postal_Code: 97331

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-8417

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-758-7760

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: oetter@fsl.orst.edu

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14339

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 33692

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 14340

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 36

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 33.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 28.500000

Ordinate_Resolution: 28.500000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: STPETE_BIO.IMG

Entity_Type_Definition: Raster Attribute Table

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ObjectID

Attribute_Definition: ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Value

Attribute_Definition: Forest biomass prediction in t/ha.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Model predictions.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Count

Attribute_Definition: Pixel count by value.

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The value for each pixel represents the forest above-ground biomass prediction in metric tonnes per hectare. Values have been truncated at a minimum of 1 t/ha and a maximum of 700 t/ha to reduce negative and high prediction values. The count is the number of pixels in each class.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Doug Oetter

Contact_Organization: Oregon State University

Contact_Position: Faculty Research Assistant

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Dept. of Forest Science Oregon State University

City: Corvallis

State_or_Province: OR

Postal_Code: 97331

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-8417

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-758-7760

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: oetter@fsl.orst.edu

Resource_Description: STPETE_BIO.IMG

Distribution_Liability:

While strong efforts are made to ensure data set accuracy, complete accuracy of every data set cannot be guaranteed.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Compressed archived ARC/Info workspace

File_Decompression_Technique: gzip or WinZip

Transfer_Size: 152.371

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <ftp://ftp.fsl.orst.edu/pub/larse/russia/stpete_bio.tar.gz>

Access_Instructions: anonymous ftp

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010730

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Doug Oetter

Contact_Organization: Oregon State University

Contact_Position: Faculty Research Assistant

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Dept. of Forest Science Oregon State University

City: Corvallis

State_or_Province: OR

Postal_Code: 97331

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-737-8417

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-758-7760

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: oetter@fsl.orst.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile