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. 2017 Feb 14;4:170012. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.12

Table 2. Land surface Datasets.

Dataset Type Domain Spatial resolution Temporal resolution URL
University of Maryland Vegetation Classification Global 1 km Static http://glcf.umd.edu/data/landcover/
NCEP IGBP Vegetation Classification (MODIS) Global 1 km Static ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/gcp/ldas/noahlsm/README
NCEP monthly albedo Global 0.144 deg Monthly ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/gcp/sfcflds/test/fixed/README_albedo_gfrac.txt;
NCEP monthly green fraction Global 0.144 deg Monthly ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/gcp/sfcflds/test/fixed/README_albedo_gfrac.txt; http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/gcp/sfcimg/gfrac/index.html
Boston University Leaf Area Index (AVHRR) Global 1 km Monthly http://cybele.bu.edu/modismisr/products/avhrr/avhrrlaifpar.html
Elevation Database from SRTM Global 30 s Static http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
FAO Harmonized World Soil Database Global 30 s Static http://webarchive.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/External-World-soil-database/HTML/index.html