Class Value and Description:

treecover.img
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        10 - 80    percent tree cover
	254        non-vegetated
        255        tree cover less than 10%

evergreen.img; deciduous.img; broadleaf.img; and needleleaf.img
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        10 - 80    percent cover for indicated leaf longevity and type

                   (% evergreen + % deciduous = % tree cover; and
                   % broadleaf + % needleleaf = % tree cover)

Quantization:

        8-bit unsigned integer

Downloadable file formats:

        UNIX compressed (".Z" for UNIX) or

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.

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