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Dataset Title:	Historic Land Cover Change, Area Vegetation, HH By time, latitude, longitude
Institution:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Dataset ID: areaveg_hh_by_time_latitude_longitude)
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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (UTC)	236	365 days 5h 49m 17s (uneven)

latitude (degrees_north)	360	0.5 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	720	0.5 (even)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range -6.2798112e+9, 1.1360736e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String bounds "time_bounds";
    String calendar "proleptic_gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Forecast time for ForecastModelRunCollection";
    Float64 missing_value NaN;
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -89.75, 89.75;
    String axis "Y";
    String bounds "latitude_bounds";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float32 valid_max 89.75;
    Float32 valid_min -89.75;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range 0.25, 359.75;
    String axis "X";
    String bounds "longitude_bounds";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float32 valid_max 359.75;
    Float32 valid_min 0.25;
  }
  Dominant_type {
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String flag_meanings "Tropical_Evergreen_Broadleaf_Forest Tropical_Deciduous_Broadleaf_Forest Temperate_Evergreen_Broadleaf_Forest Temperate_Evergreen_Needleleaf_Forest Temperate_Deciduous_Broadleaf_Forest Boreal_Evergreen_Needleleaf_Forest Boreal_Deciduous_Needleleaf_Forest Savanna Grassland_or_Steppe Shrubland Tundra Desert Polar-Desert_or_Rock_or_Ice Water_or_Rivers Cropland Pastureland Urbanland";
    Int16 flag_values 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17;
    String long_name "Dominant land cover type within each land grid cells";
    Int16 missing_value -99;
    String Note "The 28 land cover classes have been grouped into 17 broader categories for estimating dominant land-cover classes within each grid cell. \"Dominant land cover type\" is the land cover category that occupies the largest area within the grid cell";
  }
  TrpEBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Tropical Evergreen Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  TrpDBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Tropical Deciduous Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  TmpEBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Temperate Evergreen Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  TmpENF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Temperate Evergreen Needleleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  TmpDBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Temperate Deciduous Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  BorENF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Boreal Evergreen Needleleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  BorDNF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Boreal Deciduous Needleleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  Savanna {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Savanna";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  C3grass {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Grasslands/Steppe following C3 photosynthetic pathway";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  C4grass {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Grasslands/Steppe following C4 photosynthetic pathway";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  Denseshrub {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Dense Shrublands";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  Openshrub {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Open Shrublands";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  Tundra {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Tundra";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  Desert {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Desert";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  PdRI {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Polar Desert/Rock/Ice";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  SecTrpEBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Secondary Tropical Evergreen Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  SecTrpDBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Secondary Tropical Deciduous Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  SecTmpEBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Secondary Temperate Evergreen Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  SecTmpENF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Secondary Temperate Evergreen Needleleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  SecTmpDBF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Secondary Temperate Deciduous Broadleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  SecBorENF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Secondary Boreal Evergreen Needleleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  SecBorDNF {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Secondary Boreal Deciduous Needleleaf Forest";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  Water {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Water/Rivers (over land grid cells)";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  C3crop {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Cropland following C3 photosynthetic pathway";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  C4crop {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Cropland following C4 photosynthetic pathway";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  C3past {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Pastureland following C3 photosynthetic pathway";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  C4past {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Pastureland following C4 photosynthetic pathway";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  Urban {
    String comment "The units are in percentage of gridcell area";
    String coordinates "time_run time latitude longitude";
    String long_name "Urbanland";
    Float32 missing_value -9900.0;
    Float32 valid_max 10000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _CoordSysBuilder "ucar.nc2.dataset.conv.CF1Convention";
    String acknowledgement "This work was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Land Cover and Land Use Change Program (No. NNX08AK75G)";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Comment "Cropland and Pastureland Data Source used in this netcdf file: Houghton (2008) - Based on deforestation rates from FAO (2005)";
    String contributor_role "Principle Investigator and originator";
    String Conventions "CF-1.4";
    String creator_email "meiyapp2@illinois.edu";
    String creator_name "Prasanth Meiyappan";
    String creator_url "http://www.atmos.illinois.edu/~meiyapp2";
    String data_set_progress "complete";
    String date_created "2013-08-30T23:00:14Z";
    String date_modified "2013-08-30T23:00:14Z";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 359.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 89.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -89.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.5;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 359.75;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min 0.25;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.5;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"FMRC Best Dataset
2025-11-14T23:21:50Z https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/ncFC/sat/landcover-HHAREAVEG-fc/Historical_Land-Cover_Change_and_Land-Use_Conversions_Global_Dataset:_HH_AREAVEG_Feature_Collection_best.ncd
2025-11-14T23:21:50Z https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/areaveg_hh_by_time_latitude_longitude.das";
    String id "land-cover_hh_landcover_yr2004.nc";
    String infoUrl "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/ncFC/sat/landcover-HHAREAVEG-fc/catalog.html?dataset=ncFC/sat/landcover-HHAREAVEG-fc/Historical_Land-Cover_Change_and_Land-Use_Conversions_Global_Dataset:_HH_AREAVEG_Feature_Collection_best.ncd";
    String institution "University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign";
    String Keywords "EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION, EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > REFORESTATION, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL LANDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > DESERTS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > GRASSLANDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > SHRUBLAND/SCRUB, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > URBAN LANDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > DECIDUOUS VEGETATION, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > DOMINANT SPECIES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > EVERGREEN VEGETATION, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > REFORESTATION, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HUMAN SETTLEMENTS > URBAN AREAS, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND COVER, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE CLASSES, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > REFORESTATION";
    String keywords_vocabulary "NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords, Version 8.0";
    String license "No constraints on data access or use";
    String location "Proto fmrc:Historical_Land-Cover_Change_and_Land-Use_Conversions_Global_Dataset:_HH_AREAVEG_Feature_Collection";
    String metadata_link "gov.noaa.ncdc:C00814";
    String naming_authority "gov.noaa.ncdc";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 89.75;
    String references "https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11707-012-0314-2, https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12207";
    String source "model";
    String sourceUrl "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/ncFC/sat/landcover-HHAREAVEG-fc/Historical_Land-Cover_Change_and_Land-Use_Conversions_Global_Dataset:_HH_AREAVEG_Feature_Collection_best.ncd";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -89.75;
    String spatial_coverage "Global";
    String spatial_domain "land only; all ocean grid cells have been filled with the specified missing values";
    String spatial_resolution "0.5x0.5 degrees lat/lon";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard name Table (v25, 05 July 2013)";
    String summary "Historic Land Cover Change, Area Vegetation, HH Dimensioned By time, latitude, longitude.";
    String time_coverage_duration "one year";
    String time_coverage_end "2006-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_resolution "yearly";
    String time_coverage_start "1771-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Historic Land Cover Change, Area Vegetation, HH By time, latitude, longitude";
    String vertical_levels "surface observations";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting 0.25;
    String years_of_record "1770/01 -2005/12";
  }
}

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