507 
Id, TIMES 
a) Northern Hemisphere 
(original image) 
b) Southern Hemisphere 
(original image) 
c) Northern Hemisphere 
(shading eliminated image) 
d) Southern Hemisphere 
(shading eliminated image) 
Figure 1 Polar Stereo Image by NOAA Data. 
Table 1 Classification Categories. 
Table 2 Area Coverage for Each Categories, 
N0 
CATEGORY 
NO 
AREA(Kn) 
COI 
Boreal Forest (Taiaa) 
COi 
i8,6i4 
3.6 
C02 
Sub-Tropical Forest 
C02 
Í0 ,ii7 
2.0 
C03 
Mixed Forest <Mid-Latitudes) 
C03 
8,109 
1.6 
Broadleaf Forest 
C04 
2,056 
0.4 
C04 
Prairie (Long Grass) 
COS 
16,220 
3.2 
C05 
Savannah (Grass 4, scrub) 
C06 
10 ,676 
2.1 
[Monsoon Forest (Moist Deciduous)) 
C07 
10 , Oil 
2.0 
C06 
Steppe i (Short Grass) 
C08 
9,7S0 
1.9 
[Dry Tropical Forest (seMi-Deciduous)] 
C09 
5,265 
1 . 0 
C07 
Steppe 2 (Asia) 
CiO 
i3,193 
2.6 
C0Í3 
Dry Tropical Scrub 4, Thorn Forest i 
Ci i 
8,120 
1.6 
C09 
Dr'v Tropical Scrub 4i Thorn Forest 2 
Ci2 
5,791 
1 . 1 
(southern hemisphere) 
Ci3 
2,117 
0.4 
Ci 0 
Tropical Rain Forest (Selva) 
Ci4 
12,353 
2.4 
Cli 
Desert Vegetation i (Dry Tropical with Vegetation) 
CIS 
5,844 
1 . 1 
Ci2 
Desert Vegetation 2 (Sand Dune) 
C16 
50,016 
9.8 
C13 
Desert Vegetation 3 (Rock) 
Ci7 
321,505 
62.9 
Ci4 Desert Vegetation 4 <Sand Dune with Vegetation) 
CIS Tundra 
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