Global Density of Constructed Impervious Surface Areas (ISA)

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Global spatial distribution and density of constructed impervious surface areas (ISA) in 2000-2001. The density of ISA for each grid cell is shown as a percentage of the total area. Examples of ISA include roads, parking lots, building, driveways, sidewalks and other manmade surfaces. The data was regridded and vectorized from the original raster version, which is available at: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/download_global_isa.html.
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Earth Observation Group (EOG),National Geophysical Data Center (NGCD) ,http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/dmsp.html
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2000 - 2001
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Title: Global Density of Constructed Impervious Surface Areas (ISA)
Credits: Earth Observation Group (EOG),National Geophysical Data Center (NGCD) ,http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/dmsp.html
Publication Date: 2007
Publisher: National Geophysical Data Center (NGCD)
Other Citation Info: Christopher D. Elvidge, Benjamin T. Tuttle, Paul C. Sutton, Kimberly E. Baugh, Ara T. Howard, Cristina Milesi, Budhendra L. Bhaduri and Ramakrishna Nemani, Global Distribution and Density of Constructed Impervious Surfaces, Sensors, 2007, 7, 1962-1979
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impervious surfaces, global hydrology, human influence
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