Section 1	Identification Information
Originator	Powell, D.S., J.L. Faulkner, D.R. Darr, and Z. Zhu
Title	Forest Resources of the Lake Superior Basin, 1992
Abstract	This data set is a land cover classification of the GLA study area. The classification was done using NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite imagery. After this data was assembled, it was clipped with the 50 km buffered basin boundary.
Purpose	A base data layer.
Time Period of Content Date	1992
Currentness Reference	Observed
Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	As needed
Spatial Extent of Data	Lake Superior Basin and 50 km buffer
Bounding Coordinates	-97.293 -81.564 49.255 41.573
Place Keywords	Michigan UP and LP, Northern Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin
Theme Keywords	Land cover, vegetation, forest service classification
Theme Keyword Thesaurus	None
Access Constraints	None
Use Constraints	None
Contact Person Information	Mark White, Research Fellow Natural Resources Research Institute 5013 Miller Trunk Hwy Duluth, Minnesota 55811 Phone: (218)-720-2710 FAX: (218)-720-4328 E-mail: mwhite@sage.nrri.umn.edu
Browse Graphic File Name	none available
Browse Graphic File Description
Associated Data Sets
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Attribute Accuracy	Contact NRRI
Logical Consistency	Contact NRRI
Completeness	Contact NRRI
Horizontal Positional Accuracy	Contact NRRI
Vertical Positional Accuracy	Not applicable
Lineage	Source Information Source Citation: Originator: U.S. wide data set is available from EPA on Internet. Online Linkage: www.epa.gov/docs/grd/forest_inventory Type Of Source Media: Online Source Time Period Of Content: Source Currentness Reference: Ground Condition Process Step Process Description: Data were imported from Erdas Imagine format to GRID format. Process Step Process Description: Data projected from UTM to Special Albers Conic Projection. Process Step Process Description: Data set was clipped from a U.S.-wide coverage. Process Date: 19950822 Data was then clipped with the 50 km lake superior basin boundary, and split into county coverages for the US side. It was left whole for the canadian side.
Source Scale Denominator
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Native Data Set Environment	UNIX-ARC/INFO Ver. 7.1.2, Sun Solaris operating system
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data	None
Spatial Object Type	Raster
Vendor Specific Object Types
Tiling Scheme	Counties
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Horizontal Coordinate Scheme	Geographic (Lat. Long.)
Ellipsoid	GRS80
Horizontal Datum	NAD83
Horizontal Units	Meters
Distance Resolution
Altitude Datum	Not applicable
Depth Datum	Not applicable
Cell Width	1000
Cell Height	1000
Map Projection Name	Albers Equal Area
Map Projection Parameters	Standard Parallel: 29.5 Standard Parallel: 45.5 Longitude Of Central Meridian: -96 Latitude Of Projection Origin: 23 False Easting: 0 False Northing: 0
Other Coordinate System's Definition	Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: Coordinate Pair Abscissa Resolution: 1 Ordinate Resolution: 1 Semi-Major Axis: 6378206.4 Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.98
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Entity and Attribute Overview	Entity Type Label: Land cover Entity Type Definition: Land cover classification derived from NOAA AVHRR imagery. Entity Type Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Attribute Attribute Label: Value Attribute Definition: Land cover classes. Attribute value 25 was not in list of classes for data set. It occurred infrequently, only along the border of the classified area. Attribute Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 0 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Background Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: White-red-jack pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Spruce-fir Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 6 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Oak-hickory Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 8 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Elm-ash-cottonwood Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 9 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Maple-beech-birch Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 10 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Aspen-birch Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 23 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Nonforest Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 24 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Water Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: Powell, Faulkner, Darr, and Zhu Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 25 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Not in class listing Entity Type Label: Land cover Entity Type Definition: Land cover values assigned to coverage by GLA. Entity Type Definition Source: USFS-GLA Attribute Attribute Label: GLA Attribute Definition: Land cover class. Original grid values of 25 were assigned a GLA land cover value of 0. Attribute Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 0 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Background Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: White-red-jack pine Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Spruce-fir Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 3 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Oak-hickory Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 4 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Elm-ash-cottonwood Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 5 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Maple-beech-birch Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 6 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Aspen-birch Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 7 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Nonforest Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA Enumerated Domain Enumerated Domain Value: 8 Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Water Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: USFS-GLA
Entity and Attribute Detailed Citation	None
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Publisher	Natural Resources Research Institute
Publication Date	Unpublished material
Contact Person Information	Gerald Sjerven, GIS Specialist Natural Resources Research Institute 5013 Miller Trunk Hwy Duluth, Minnesota 55811 Phone: (218)-720-4388 FAX: (218)-720-4328 E-mail: gsjerven@sage.nrri.umn.edu
Distributor's Data Set Identifier
Distribution Liability	No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The University of Minnesota shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
Transfer Format Name	ARC/Info export format
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Metadata Date	08/25/1999
Contact Person Information	Joel Nelson, GIS Intern Natural Resource Research Institute 5013 Miller Trunk Highway Duluth, Minnesota 55811 Phone: (218)-720-4254 FAX: (218)-720-4328 E-mail: jnelson@sage.nrri.umn.edu
Metadata Standard Name	Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version	Datalogr 2.01
Metadata Standard Online Linkage	http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm

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