Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Suggested Citation:
CAVM Team. 2003. Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. Scale 1:7,500,000. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Map No. 1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM) shows the types of vegetation that occur across the Arctic, between the ice-covered Arctic Ocean to the north and the northern limit of forests to the south. The CAVM team grouped over 400 described plant communities into 16 different physiognomic units based on plant growth forms. An international team of arctic vegetation scientists representing the six countries of the Arctic (Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and the United States) prepared the map. Detailed descriptions of the methods used to create the map can be found at: <http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/cavm/>
Purpose:
Vegetation classification for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping project
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1993
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1995
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.513315
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 178.425204
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 89.999989
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.430201
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: vegetation
Theme_Keyword: physiogonomy
Theme_Keyword: tundra
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: Biota
Theme_Keyword: ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: Environment
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: arctic
Place_Keyword: circumpolar
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:
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/>).
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The map was reviewed by the CAVM mapping team.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Coverage topology was checked using the NODEERRORS and LABELERRORS commands.
Completeness_Report:
Islands and glaciers smaller than 49 square km were removed using the ELIMINATE command. Coverages were cleaned to a fuzzy tolerance of 300m. Coastlines were simplified using the GENERALIZE command (500m, bendsimplify option).
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Polygon boundaries were overlaid on the false-color infrared basemap and visually inspected.