Brown, S., L. R. Iverson, and A. Prasad. 2001. Geographical Distribution of Biomass Carbon in Tropical Southeast Asian Forests: A Database. ORNL/CDIAC-119, NDP-068. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Table 4. Item descriptions for the ten ARC/INFO export grids 

3.75-km grid     0.25-degree                 Item     Input     Output                 Variable
name             grid name       Column      name     width      width     Item type   description

BIOMASS          BIOMASSX             1      Value        4         10     Binary      Unique value for
(2,200 records   (2,209 records                                                        each grid cell
in .vat file)    in .vat file)
                                      5      Count        4         10     Binary      Cell count
                                                                                       associated with
                                                                                       each unique value
                                      9      ac           4         16     Binary      Actual biomass
                                                                                       carbon (Mg C/ha)
                                     13      pc           4         16     Binary      Potential biomass
                                                                                       carbon (Mg C/ha)
CLIMATE          CLIMATEX             1      Value        4         10     Binary      Unique value for
(201 records     (154 records                                                          each grid cell
in .vat file)    in .vat file)                                                         
                                      5      Count        4         10     Binary      Cell count
                                                                                       associated with
                                                                                       each unique value
                                      9      Climi        4         16     Binary      Weck's Climatic
                                                                                       Index (code)
                                     13      precip       4         16     Binary      Mean annual
                                                                                       precipitation
                                                                                       (code)
                                     17      climi-c     12         12     Character   Weck's Climatic
                                                                                       Index (code
                                                                                       definition)
                                     29      precip-c    12         12     Character   Mean annual
                                                                                       precipitation (code
                                                                                       definition)
DEMOG (166       DEMOGX               1      Value        4         10     Binary      Unique value for
records in .vat  (147 records                                                          each grid cell
file)            in .vat file)
                                      5      C            4         10     Binary      Cell count
                                                                                       associated with
                                                                                       each unique value
                                      9      pop          4         16     Binary      Population density
                                                                                       (code)
                                     13      pop-c       18         18     Character   Population density
                                                                                       (code definition)
                                     31      cntry        4         16     Binary      Country (code)
                                     35      cntry-c     24         24     Character   Country (code
                                                                                       definition)
LAND (333        LANDX                1      Value        4         10     Binary      Unique value for
records in .vat  (244 records                                                          each grid cell
file)            in .vat file)
                                      5      C            4         10     Binary      Cell count
                                                                                       associated with
                                                                                       each unique value
                                      9      Slope        4         16     Binary      Slope (code)
                                     13      Elev         4         16     Binary      Mean elevation
                                                                                       (code)
                                     17      Soilt        4         16     Binary      Soil texture (code)
                                     21      slope-c     18         18     Character   Slope (code
                                                                                       definition)
                                     39      elev-c      18         18     Character   Mean elevation
                                                                                       (code definition in
                                                                                       meters)
                                     57      soilt-c     18         18     Character   Soil texture (code
                                                                                       definition)
VEGT (258        VEGTX                1      Value        4         10     Binary      Unique value for
records in .vat  (156 records                                                          each grid cell
file)            in .vat file)
                                      5      Count        4         10     Binary      Cell count
                                                                                       associated with
                                                                                       each unique value
                                      9      Forest       4         16     Binary      Forest (code)
                                     13      Forest-c    12         12     Character   Forest (code
                                                                                       definition)
                                     25      efz          4         16     Binary      Ecofloristic zone
                                                                                       (code)
                                     29      efz-c       18         18     Character   Ecofloristic zone
                                                                                       (code definition)
                                     47      veg          4         16     Binary      Vegetation type
                                                                                       (code)
                                     51      veg-c       24         24     Character   Vegetation type
                                                                                       (code definition)