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1km, 8km, and 16km data sets for the Brazilian Amazon

Data description

These data sets are ascii flat files with three columns of data. Column #1 is easting/westing Sinusoid meters, column #2 is northing/southing Sinusoid meters, column #3 is area of cover type in square meters. The Sinusoid meter coordinates represent a grid cell center-point. The area of cover type is the total area of that specific cover type within the grid cell.

Cover type codes are: 1 = forest, 2 = deforested, 3 = water, 4 = cloud, 5 = cerrado.

Projection Information

Projection           SINUSOIDAL
Datum                     WGS84
Units                    METERS             Spheroid         DEFINED
Major Axis        6370997.00000             Minor Axis       0.00000
Parameters:
radius of the sphere of reference                      6370997.00000
longitude of central meridian                          -57  0  0.000

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Cell SizeYearForestDeforestedWaterCloudCerrado
1 kilometer 1978 Download Download      
1986 Download Download Download Download Download
1992 Download Download Download Download Download
8 kilometer 1978          
1986 Download Download Download Download Download
1992 Download Download Download Download Download
16 kilometer 1978          
1986 Download Download Download Download Download
1992 Download Download Download Download Download