Class Value and Description:

         0     WATER (and Goode's interrupted space)

         1     EVERGREEN NEEDLELEAF FOREST                
                      
         2     EVERGREEN BROADLEAF FOREST                 
                      
         3     DECIDUOUS NEEDLELEAF FOREST                
                      
         4     DECIDUOUS BROADLEAF FOREST                 
                      
         5     MIXED FOREST

         6     WOODLAND

         7     WOODED GRASSLAND                              
                      
         8     CLOSED SHRUBLAND                          
                      
         9     OPEN SHRUBLAND                           
                      
        10     GRASSLAND                                
                      
        11     CROPLAND                        
          
        12     BARE GROUND
            
        13     URBAN AND BUILT-UP                         

Quantization:

        8-bit unsigned integer

Downloadable file formats:

        UNIX compressed (".Z" for UNIX) or
        PKZip compressed (".zip" for DOS and Mac)

Goode's File Dimensions and Projection Information:

 Image Size                 : 40031 pixels by 17347 lines
 Projection                 : Goode's Homolosine (meters)
 Earth Ellipsoid            : Sphere, radius 6370997 m 
 Upper Left  Corner         :    -20015500.000 E  8673500.000 N  
 Lower Right Corner         :     20015500.000 E -8673500.000 N  
 Pixel Size                 :         1000.000 E     1000.000 N  

 For a full description of the 12-meridian Pathfinder Goode's
 projection, please see:

        Steinwand, D.R., 1994, Mapping raster imagery to the
        Interrupted Goode Homolosine projection, International
        Journal of Remote Sensing, 15(17), 3463-3471.

Platte Carre File Dimensions and Projection Information:

 Image Size                 : 43200 pixels by 21600 lines
 Projection                 : Geographic (lat/lon)                  
 Earth Ellipsoid            : Sphere, radius 6370997 m 
 Upper Left  Corner         : 180d00'00.00" W  Lon  90d00'00.00" N Lat
 Lower Right Corner         : 180d00'00.00" E  Lon  90d00'00.00" S Lat
 Pixel Size (in Degrees)    :         0.00833  Lon  0.00833 Lat
   (Equivalent Deg,Min,Sec) :      0d00'30.00" Lon  0d00'30.00" Lat

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