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Wilson, Henderson-Sellers' 1-Degree Global Vegetation and Soils

Soil and vegetation type data from Henderson-Sellers on a global 1 degree grid. Also called the "Wilson tape."


PERIODS:
VARIABLES:
Soil ClassificationVegetation Species
LEVELS:
Ground or water surface
TYPES: Grid
COVERAGE: Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=89.5S Northernmost=89.5N
Detailed coverage information
SOURCES: U-LIVERPOOL/GEO
Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, UK
PUBLICATIONS: Wilson, M.F., and A. Henderson-Sellers, 1985: A global archive of land cover and soils data for use in general circulation climate models. J. Clim., 5, 119-143.

VOLUME: 1.37 MBytes
FORMATS: ASCII (see dataset documentation)
CONTACT: For assistance with this dataset, please contact Gregg Walters (303-497-1218) . If the specialist is unavailable, please contact Data Help.
RELATED DATASETS: ds770.0 - Staub and Rosenweig's GISS Soil and Surface Slope, 1-Degree

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