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  - context: dataset
    lexicon: nsidc
    term: oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0608
    url: http://nsidc.org/api/dataset/2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=dif&identifier=oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0608
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cite_metadata: ~
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contributors:
  - display_name: 'Data Archive : National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4440.yaml
    id: 4440
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      identifier: national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
      name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://nsidc.org/daac
    organization_uri: /organization/national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
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    uri: /contributor/4440
data_qualifier: ~
description: 'These data provide land cover classifications derived from the Boston University MOD12Q1 V004 MODIS/Terra 1 km Land Cover Product (Friedl et al. 2002). The data are available in various EASE-Grid azimuthal and global projections, in 12.5 km and 25 km spatial resolutions. The data are in flat binary, 1 byte files that are stored by row and are available via FTP.'
description_attribution: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0607
display_name: EASE-Grid Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data
doi: 10.5067/J0CJG7RZW3IJ
end_time: 2000-12-31T00:00:00
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-0608.yaml
identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-0608
instrument_measurements:
  - dataset_identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-0608
    display_name: terra/moderate-resolution-imaging-spectroradiometer/nasa-nsidcdaac-0608
    instrument_identifier: moderate-resolution-imaging-spectroradiometer
    platform_identifier: terra
    type: instrument_measurement
lat_max: 90
lat_min: -90
lon_max: 180
lon_min: -180
name: EASE-Grid Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data
native_id: NSIDC-0608
parents: []
processing_level: ~
publication_year: ~
references: []
release_dt: 2004-01-01T00:00:00
scale: ~
scope: ~
spatial_extent: ~
spatial_ref_sys: ~
spatial_res: ~
start_time: 2000-07-01T00:00:00
temporal_extent: ~
temporal_resolution: ~
type: dataset
uri: /dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-0608
url: http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0608
variables: ~
version: ~
vertical_extent: ~