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   Selected data used in the preparation of the CAVM are available here. Files are compressed using the Gnu GZip compression utility.
   
 

CAVM Physiogonomy

A detailed description of the vegetation units can be obtained from the CAVM map.
   
  • ArcInfo polygon coverage: cavm_veg.e00.gz (3,360 kb)
  • ArcView legend (avl) file: cavm_veg.avl
  • Vegetation unit lookup table (dBase III) giving description and color used to plot vegetation units. The SYMBOL item refers to the Arc/Info Pantone shadeset: vegunits.dbf
  • Pantone Shadeset for Arc/Info: pantone.shd
   
   

Attribute Descriptions

  • Treeline
  • Zones
  • Phyto
  • Chem
  • Elevation
  • Landscape
  • Percent Lakes
  • AVHRR
  • NDVI
  • Phytomass
  

Mapping Methods

  • Canada
  • Greenland
  • Iceland
  • United States (Alaska)
  • Russia
  • Svalbard
  
   

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