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Gulf of Maine Watershed Land Cover Grid.

Land Cover Categories for Water Balance Model	landcover

Project Name:	Gulf of Maine Watershed Information and Characterization System
Dataset Name:	NACCD Land Cover
Resolution:	2 arc minute 
Projection:	Geographic
Region:		40-49 north, 62-73 west
Categories:	1 - Conifer Forest
		2 - Broadleaf Forest
		3 - Savanna/Shrubland
		4 - Grassland
		5 - Tundra/Non-forested Wetlands
		6 - Cultivated Lands
		7 - Desert
		8 - Lake, Open Water
		
Data Source:	USGS North America Cover Characteristics Database, 1 km resolution AVHRR data, April 1992-March 1993
		Data resampled to 2 min resolution. Categories converted from USGS land use/ land cover system legend.  

Data Set
Developed By:	Kim Bredensteiner	
		Water Systems Analysis Group
		Complex Systems Research Center
		University of New Hampshire
		Durham, NH 03824

Contact information: gm-wics@unh.edu