Tree line in the northern hemisphere

Feb 10, 2011 (Last modified May 14, 2011)
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Vector line dataset displaying the tree line for the northern hemisphere. This is a companion dataset to the Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground Ice Conditions .  
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National Snow and Ice Data Center, USA
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Brown, J., O.J. Ferrians, Jr., J.A. Heginbottom, and E.S. Melnikov. 1998, revised February 2001. Circum-arctic map of permafrost and ground ice conditions. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Digital media.
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forest, permafrost, arctic, glaciers
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