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IMAR and Mongolia Metadata Progress

Dr. Yichun Xie

Dr. William Welsh

Zhangbao Ma

Xining Yang

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Contents

1. Inner Mongolia RS Metadata

2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sites

4. Next task

3. Vector Data Metadata

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1. Inner Mongolia RS Metadata

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1. Inner Mongolia RS Metadata

1. 25% is threshold of cloud cover.

2. USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center provides scarcely RS imagery in Inner Mongolia and Mongolia between 1986 and 1999.

USGS EROS is not the sole archive and distributor of Landsat imagery.  A number of international ground stations also collect and distribute Landsat data. http://landsat.usgs.gov/about_ground_stations.php

We can collect IMAR and Mongolia RS imagery metadata between 1986 and1999.

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1. Inner Mongolia RS Metadata

Statistics: available RS Imagery from April to September between 2000 and 2009

From this statistics result, we find out that the imagery of three sites in IMAR from 2000 to 2009 is complete and August and September in almost every year have useful imagery. We are going to suggest this time-series of August and September of every year.

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2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sitesRS Imagery Metadata of the 17 landsat WRS path-rows identified within Mongolia

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2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sites

RS Imagery Metadata of Mongolia statistics result

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2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sitesSuggested sites selection in Mongolia

Meadow stepple:

126026

Typical stepple :

127028 , 126028

Desert stepple :

131030

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2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sites

Statistics: available RS Imagery from April to September between 2000 and 2009

We are going to suggest this time-series of August of every year.

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3. Vector Data Metadata Region Name Data Name Data Format Data Scale Year (Published) Data Source

Inner Mongolia IM_boundary_400_1988_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1988 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_Province_1988_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1988 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_county93_450_1993_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,500,000 1993 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_countyp_450_1993_WGS84 Point 1:4,500,000 1993 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_road_400_1988_WGS84 Polyline 1:4,000,000 1988 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_railway_400_1988_WGS84 Polyline 1:4,000,000 1988 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_geomor_400_1994_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1994Institute of Geographic Sciences and natural Resources Research, CAS

Inner Mongolia IM_geology_500_1990_WGS84 Polygon 1:5,000,000 1990 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_hydrol_400_1987_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1987 Geological Publishing House

Inner Mongolia IM_river_400_1988_WGS84 Polyline 1:4,000,000 1988 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_riverp_400_1988_WGS84 Point 1:4,000,000 1988 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_lake_400_1988_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1988 Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Inner Mongolia IM_desert_400_1988_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1988 CAS-Lanzhou Desert Research Centre

Inner Mongolia IM_forest_250_1977_WGS84 Polygon 1:2,500,000 1977 State Forestry Administration, P.R.China

Inner Mongolia IM_snowl_400_1988_WGS84 Polyline 1:4,000,000 1988CAS-Lanzhou GLACIOLOGY AND GEOCRYOLOGY Research Centre

Inner Mongolia IM_snow_400_1988_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1988CAS-Lanzhou GLACIOLOGY AND GEOCRYOLOGY Research Centre

Inner Mongolia IM_grass_400_1996_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1996 Science Press

Inner Mongolia IM_soil_400_1978_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1978 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_swamp_400_1990_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1990Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Inner Mongolia IM_vegetatn_400_1979_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1979 SinoMaps Press

Inner Mongolia IM_landuse_400_1991_WGS84 Polygon 1:4,000,000 1991 SinoMaps Press

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4. Next task

1.Confirm the availability of sites selection in Mongolia by processing RS imagery and field survey

2. Continue to collect IMAR and Mongolia RS imagery metadata between 1986 and 1999

3.Compile GIS data of IMAR and Mongolia

4.Compile county-level census data and village-level data of IMAR and Mongolia

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Discussion and Suggestion