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The mean July temperatures are near 0C on the northernmost islands. At these temperatures, plants are at their metabolic limits, and small differences in the total amount of summer warmth make large differences in the amount of energy available for maintenance, growth, and reproduction. Warmer summer temperatures cause the size, horizontal cover, abundance, productivity and variety of plants to increase (see Table 2 CAVM). Woody plants and sedges are absent in Subzone A, where mean July temperatures are less than 3C. Woody plants first occur in Subzone B (mean July temperatures about 3-5 C) as prostrate (creeping) dwarf shrubs, and increase in stature to hemiprostrate dwarf shrubs (&lt;15 cm tall) in Subzone C (mean July temperatures about 5-7C, erect dwarf shrubs (&lt;40 cm tall) in Subzone D (mean July temperature about 7-9C), and low shrubs (40-200 cm tall) in Subzone E (mean July temperature about 9-12C. At treeline, where the mean July temperatures are between 10 and 12C, woody shrubs up to 2 meters tall are abundant. The number of plants in local floras available to form plant communities increases from fewer than 50 species in the coldest parts of the Arctic to as many as 500 species near treeline.<BR /><BR /> </FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <H3>FGDC and ESRI Metadata:</H3> <UL> <LI><A HREF="#Identification_Information">Identification Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Data_Quality_Information">Data Quality Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Spatial_Data_Organization_Information">Spatial Data Organization Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Entity_and_Attribute_Information">Entity and Attribute Information</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#109404512"> Distribution Information </A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#Metadata_Reference_Information">Metadata Reference Information</A></LI> </UL> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="1"> Metadata elements shown with blue text are defined in the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/contstan.html"> <I>Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)</I></A>. Elements shown with <FONT color="#006400">green</FONT> text are defined in the <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html"> <I>ESRI Profile of the CSDGM</I>.</A> Elements shown with a green asterisk (<FONT color="#006400">*</FONT>) will be automatically updated by ArcCatalog. ArcCatalog adds hints indicating which FGDC elements are mandatory; these are shown with <FONT color="#999999">gray</FONT> text. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <A name="Identification_Information"><HR /></A> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA" size="3"><B>Identification Information:</B></FONT></DT> <BR /><BR /> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Citation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Citation information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Originators:</B></FONT> Alaska Geobotany Center</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Title:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>floristic sectors</DD> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>File or table name:</B></FONT> floristic sectors</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Publication date:</B></FONT> 20031210</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Geospatial data presentation form:</B></FONT> vector digital data</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Other citation details:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>Suggested Citation: Alaska Geobotany Center 2003. Circumpolar Arctic AVHRR Image</DD> <BR /><BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Online linkage:</B></FONT> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://www.arcticatlas.org/theme/cavm_metadata.pdf"> http://www.arcticatlas.org/theme/cavm_metadata.pdf</A> </DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Description:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Abstract:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Description of Arctic bioclimate subzone categories A-E As one moves from north to south across the Arctic, the amount of warmth available for plant growth increases. The mean July temperatures are near 0C on the northernmost islands. At these temperatures, plants are at their metabolic limits, and small differences in the total amount of summer warmth make large differences in the amount of energy available for maintenance, growth, and reproduction. Warmer summer temperatures cause the size, horizontal cover, abundance, productivity and variety of plants to increase (see Table 2 CAVM). Woody plants and sedges are absent in Subzone A, where mean July temperatures are less than 3C. Woody plants first occur in Subzone B (mean July temperatures about 3-5 C) as prostrate (creeping) dwarf shrubs, and increase in stature to hemiprostrate dwarf shrubs (&lt;15 cm tall) in Subzone C (mean July temperatures about 5-7C, erect dwarf shrubs (&lt;40 cm tall) in Subzone D (mean July temperature about 7-9C), and low shrubs (40-200 cm tall) in Subzone E (mean July temperature about 9-12C. At treeline, where the mean July temperatures are between 10 and 12C, woody shrubs up to 2 meters tall are abundant. The number of plants in local floras available to form plant communities increases from fewer than 50 species in the coldest parts of the Arctic to as many as 500 species near treeline.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV><BR /> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Purpose:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Vegetation greenness is calculated as: NDVI = (NIR - R) / (NIR + R), where NIR is the spectral reflectance in the AVHRR near-infrared channel (0.725-1.1 5, channel 2) where light-reflectance from the plant canopy is dominant, and R is the reflectance in the red channel (0.58 to 0.68 5, channel 1), the portion of the spectrum where chlorophyll absorbs maximally. The resulting image shows the Arctic with minimum snow and cloud cover. The selected pixels were then printed as a false-color CIR image (RGB = ch. 2, ch. 1, ch. 1).</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV><BR /> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Language of dataset:</B></FONT> en</DT><BR /><BR /> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Time period of content:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Time period information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Single date/time:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Calendar date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Currentness reference:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">publication date</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV><BR /> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Status:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Progress:</B></FONT> Complete</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Maintenance and update frequency:</B></FONT> None planned</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Spatial domain:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Bounding coordinates:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>West bounding coordinate:</B></FONT> </DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>East bounding coordinate:</B></FONT> </DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>North bounding coordinate:</B></FONT> </DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>South bounding coordinate:</B></FONT> </DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Keywords:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Theme:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Theme keywords:</B></FONT> Bioclimate subzone, vegetation, map, Image, NDVI, temperature, CAVM</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Theme keyword thesaurus:</B></FONT> none</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Place:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Place keywords:</B></FONT> United States, cicumpolar arctic, Iceland, Norway, Canada, Greenland, Russia, Svalbard, Alaska</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Place keyword thesaurus:</B></FONT> none</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Access constraints:</B></FONT> none</DT> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Use constraints:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Data provided by the Alaska Geobotany Center are copyright protected under the provisions of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/). Materials may be freely downloaded, reprinted and redistributed for non-commercial use. Reproduction and redistribution of the materials on this web site, including derivative works, shall give credit to the Alaska Geobotany Center and remain subject to the above license. Any web pages that use this material shall contain a link pointing to the Alaska Geobotany Center home page (http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/).</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Point of contact:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact organization primary:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact organization:</B></FONT> Alaska Geobotany Center</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact position:</B></FONT> GIS &amp; Remote Sensing Manager</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact address:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address type:</B></FONT> mailing and physical address</DT> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Institute of Arctic Biology</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">University of Alaska Fairbanks</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>City:</B></FONT> Fairbanks</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>State or province:</B></FONT> AK</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Postal code:</B></FONT> 99775</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Country:</B></FONT> USA</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact voice telephone:</B></FONT> 907.474.1540</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact electronic mail address:</B></FONT> fnham@uaf.edu</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Data set credit:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">(AVHRR) data were obtained from theUSGS Global AVHRR 10-day composite data. (http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/1KM/1kmhomepage.asp). Glaciers and oceans were masked out using information from the Digital Chart of the World (ESRI 1993).</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Native dataset format:</B></FONT> Shapefile</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Native data set environment:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535</DD> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <A name="Data_Quality_Information"><HR /></A> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA" size="3"><B>Data Quality Information:</B></FONT></DT> <BR /><BR /> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute accuracy:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute accuracy report:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">The map was reviewed by the CAVM mapping team.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> </DL> </DD> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Logical consistency report:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Coverage topology was checked using the NODEERRORS and LABELERRORS commands.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Completeness report:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">complete</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Positional accuracy:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Horizontal positional accuracy:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Horizontal positional accuracy report:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Polygon boundaries were overlaid on the false-color infrared basemap and visually inspected.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Lineage:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source citation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Citation information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Originators:</B></FONT> USGS Alaska Geographic Science Office</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Title:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>AVHRR imagery</DD> <BR /><BR /><DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Publication date:</B></FONT> 1993-1995</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source scale denominator:</B></FONT> 1000000</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Type of source media:</B></FONT> CD_ROM</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source citation abbreviation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>AVHRR</DD> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source contribution:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">False-color infrared basemap, NDVI</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source time period of content:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Time period information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Multiple dates/times:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Single date/time:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Calendar date:</B></FONT> 1993</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Single date/time:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Calendar date:</B></FONT> 1995</DT> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source currentness reference:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>ground condition</DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source citation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Citation information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Originators:</B></FONT> USGS EROS Data Center</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Title:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation Data Set</DD> <BR /><BR /><DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Publication date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Online linkage:</B></FONT> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.asp"> http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.asp</A> </DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Type of source media:</B></FONT> download</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source citation abbreviation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>DEM</DD> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source contribution:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Digital elevation model</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source time period of content:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Time period information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Multiple dates/times:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Single date/time:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Calendar date:</B></FONT> 1993</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Single date/time:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Calendar date:</B></FONT> 1995</DT> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source currentness reference:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>ground condition</DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source citation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Citation information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Originators:</B></FONT> Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Redlands, CA</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Title:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>Digital Chart of the World, Sept. 1993 Edition 1</DD> <BR /><BR /><DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Publication date:</B></FONT> 1993</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Type of source media:</B></FONT> map</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source citation abbreviation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>DCW</DD> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source contribution:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">coastline and glacier masks</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source time period of content:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Time period information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Multiple dates/times:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Single date/time:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Calendar date:</B></FONT> 1993</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Single date/time:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Calendar date:</B></FONT> 1995</DT> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source currentness reference:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>ground condition</DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Initial bioclimate subzone boundaries were taken from the Panarctic Flora (PAF) initiative (Elvebakk et al. 1999, see CAVM for additional references). The boundaries were adjusted by the mappers for individual countries, and then moved to follow existing vegetation polygon boundaries. The vegetation polygons are drawn at a much finer resolution than the bioclimate subzone boundaries, so little information was lost in this process. Most areas are mapped with broad bands of bioclimate subzones, but Svalbard subzones were mapped in more detail, showing the changes that occur from the coast inland, and so that section of the map contains many small subzone polygons.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Canada - PAF boundaries adjusted by W.A. Gould to match data from Edlund (pers.comm.) and personal knowledge. Greenland - Boundaries drawn by F.J.A. Danils. Iceland - all subzone E. Norway - Boundaries drawn by A. Elvebakk. Russia - PAF boundaries modified by B.A. Yurtsev, especially Yakutia and Chukotka. The data from Russia included a sixth subzone (stlanik areas), and subdivided the subzones into mountainous and non-mountainous areas. There are a number of boreal inclusion areas mapped within Chukotka. The boundaries of these polygons are much more detailed than the generalized zonal boundaries in the rest of Russia. United States - PAF boundaries modified in details by D.A. Walker and M.K. Raynolds, mostly along southern edge of Subzone E (see tree line metadata).</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Greenland - Boundaries drawn by F.J.A. Danils.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Iceland - all subzone E.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Norway - Boundaries drawn by A. Elvebakk.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Russia - PAF boundaries modified by B.A. Yurtsev, especially Yakutia and Chukotka. The data from Russia included a sixth subzone (stlanik areas), and subdivided the subzones into mountainous and non-mountainous areas. There are a number of boreal inclusion areas mapped within Chukotka. The boundaries of these polygons are much more detailed than the generalized zonal boundaries in the rest of Russia.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">United States - PAF boundaries modified in details by D.A. Walker and M.K. Raynolds, mostly along southern edge of Subzone E (see tree line metadata).</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2003</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Metadata imported.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2006</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source used citation abbreviation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>C:\DOCUME~1\jtomsen\LOCALS~1\Temp\xmlDC3E.tmp</DD> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Metadata imported.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process date:</B></FONT> 2006</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source used citation abbreviation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>C:\DOCUME~1\jtomsen\LOCALS~1\Temp\xmlDC42.tmp</DD> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process step:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Process description:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Metadata imported.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Source used citation abbreviation:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>C:\DOCUME~1\jtomsen\LOCALS~1\Temp\xmlDC44.tmp</DD> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <A name="Spatial_Data_Organization_Information"><HR /></A> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA" size="3"><B>Spatial Data Organization Information:</B></FONT></DT> <BR /><BR /> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Direct spatial reference method:</B></FONT> Vector</DT> <BR /><BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Point and vector object information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>SDTS terms description:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*<B>Name:</B></FONT> floristic sectors</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>SDTS point and vector object type:</B></FONT> G-polygon</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Point and vector object count:</B></FONT> 0</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#006400"><B>ESRI terms description:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*<B>Name:</B></FONT> floristic sectors</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>ESRI feature type:</B></FONT> Simple</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>ESRI feature geometry:</B></FONT> Polygon</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>ESRI topology:</B></FONT> FALSE</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>ESRI feature count:</B></FONT> 0</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Spatial index:</B></FONT> FALSE</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Linear referencing:</B></FONT> FALSE</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <A name="Entity_and_Attribute_Information"><HR /></A> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA" size="3"><B>Entity and Attribute Information:</B></FONT></DT> <BR /><BR /> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Detailed description:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*<B>Name:</B></FONT> floristic sectors</DT> <BR /><BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Entity type:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Entity type label:</B></FONT> floristic sectors</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Entity type type:</B></FONT> Feature Class</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Entity type count:</B></FONT> 0</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Entity type definition:</B></FONT></DT> <DD></DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Entity type definition source:</B></FONT></DT> <DD></DD> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute label:</B></FONT> FID</DT> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute definition:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Internal feature number.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute definition source:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">ESRI</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute domain values:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Unrepresentable domain:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</DD> <BR /><BR /> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute label:</B></FONT> Shape</DT> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute definition:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Feature geometry.</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute definition source:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">ESRI</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute domain values:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Unrepresentable domain:</B></FONT></DT> <DD>Coordinates defining the features.</DD> <BR /><BR /> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute label:</B></FONT> Id</DT> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute definition:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original"></PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute definition source:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original"></PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /><DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Attribute type:</B></FONT> Number</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Attribute width:</B></FONT> 6</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Attribute domain values:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Unrepresentable domain:</B></FONT></DT> <DD></DD> <BR /><BR /> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <A NAME="109404512"> <HR /> </A> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA" size="3"><B>Distribution Information:</B></FONT> </DT> <BR /><BR /> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Distributor:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact organization primary:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact organization:</B></FONT> Alaska Geobotany Center</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact position:</B></FONT> GIS and Remote Sensing Manager</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact address:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address type:</B></FONT> Physical and Mailing Address</DT> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Alaska Goebotany Center</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">University of Alaska Fairbanks</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>City:</B></FONT> Fairbanks</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>State or province:</B></FONT> AK</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Postal code:</B></FONT> 99775</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Country:</B></FONT> USA</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact voice telephone:</B></FONT> 907.474.1540</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact electronic mail address:</B></FONT> fnham@uaf.edu</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Resource description:</B></FONT> Downloadable Data</DT> <BR /><BR /> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Distribution liability:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">none</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Standard order process:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Digital form:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Digital transfer information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Format name:</B></FONT> Compressed Shape File</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Transfer size:</B></FONT> 0.000</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Dataset size:</B></FONT> 0.000</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Digital transfer option:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Online option:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Computer contact information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Network address:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Network resource name:</B></FONT> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://data.arcticatlas.org/"> http://data.arcticatlas.org/</A> </DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Fees:</B></FONT> none</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> </DL> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> <A name="Metadata_Reference_Information"><HR /></A> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA" size="3"><B>Metadata Reference Information:</B></FONT></DT> <BR /><BR /> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata date:</B></FONT> 20060202</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#006400"><B>Language of metadata:</B></FONT> en</DT> <BR /><BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata contact:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact information:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact organization primary:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact person:</B></FONT> <FONT color="#999999">REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.</FONT> </DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact organization:</B></FONT> Alaska Geobotany Center</DT> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact position:</B></FONT> GIS &amp; Remote Sensing Manager</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact address:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address type:</B></FONT> mailing and physical address</DT> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">Institute of Arctic Biology</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DIV> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Address:</B></FONT></DT> <PRE ID="original">University of Alaska Fairbanks</PRE> <SCRIPT>fix(original)</SCRIPT> </DIV> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>City:</B></FONT> Fairbanks</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>State or province:</B></FONT> AK</DT> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Postal code:</B></FONT> 99775</DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Country:</B></FONT> USA</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT> <FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact voice telephone:</B></FONT> 907.474.1540</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Contact electronic mail address:</B></FONT> fnham@uaf.edu</DT> <BR /><BR /></DL> </DD> </DL> </DD> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata standard name:</B></FONT> FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata standard version:</B></FONT> FGDC-STD-001-1998</DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata time convention:</B></FONT> local time</DT> <BR /><BR /><DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata extensions:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Online linkage:</B></FONT> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html"> http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html</A> </DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Profile name:</B></FONT> ESRI Metadata Profile</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata extensions:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Online linkage:</B></FONT> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html"> http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html</A> </DT> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Profile name:</B></FONT> ESRI Metadata Profile</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> <DT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Metadata extensions:</B></FONT></DT> <DD> <DL> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Online linkage:</B></FONT> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html"> http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html</A> </DT> <DT><FONT color="#006400">*</FONT><FONT color="#0000AA"><B>Profile name:</B></FONT> ESRI Metadata Profile</DT> </DL> </DD> <BR /> </DL> </DD> </DL> <A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML>