Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Conservation International Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: modis_classification.tif Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image Online_Linkage: http://www.madagascar-vegetation.org/gis/projects/mad_veg/downloads/modis_tif.zip Description: Abstract: Coarse vegetation classification of Madagascar based on 1 year of MODIS 1 km surface reflectance and NDVI data. (2002) Purpose: This data set was developed as an initial clssification precluding a Landsat classification of Madagascar. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: REQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground. Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 01-01-2002 Ending_Date: 21-12-2002 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.993056 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 57.755055 North_Bounding_Coordinate: -9.832782 South_Bounding_Coordinate: -30.622249 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords. Theme_Keyword: Vegetation Place: Place_Keyword: Madagascar Temporal: Temporal_Keyword: 2002 Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karyn Tabor Contact_Organization: Conservation International Contact_Position: Remote Sensing Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 1919 M st, NW suite 600 City: Washington State_or_Province: DC Postal_Code: 20036 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-912-1481 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-912-0773 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ktabor@conservation.org Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.0.642 Data_Quality_Information: Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Supervised Maximum Liklihood Classification run on MODIS MOD43B4 BRDF adjusted reflectance data. The 16-day data was composited into 32-composites with maximum NDVI method. Then an MLC was run using 12 months NDVI generated from the 32-day composites and 7 band reflectance from the dry season month of September. 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