1. Institute for Geospatial Research & Education Eastern Michigan University IMAR and Mongolia Metadata Progress Dr. Yichun Xie Dr. William Welsh Zhangbao Ma Xining Yang

2. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu Contents 1. Inner Mongolia RS Metadata2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sites4. Next task3. Vector Data Metadata

3. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 1. Inner Mongolia RS Metadata

4. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 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 http://landsat.usgs.gov/about_ground_stations.php We can collect IMAR and Mongolia RS imagery metadata between 1986 and1999.

5. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 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.

6. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sites RS Imagery Metadata of the 17 landsat WRS path-rows identified within Mongolia

7. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sites RS Imagery Metadata of Mongolia statistics result

8. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 2. Mongolia RS Metadata and sites Suggested sites selection in Mongolia Meadow stepple: 126026 Typical stepple : 127028, 126028 Desert stepple : 131030

9. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 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.

10. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 3. Vector Data Metadata Region NameData NameData FormatData ScaleYear (Published)Data Source Inner MongoliaIM_boundary_400_1988_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001988SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_Province_1988_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001988SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_county93_450_1993_WGS84Polygon1:4,500,0001993SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_countyp_450_1993_WGS84Point1:4,500,0001993SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_road_400_1988_WGS84Polyline1:4,000,0001988SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_railway_400_1988_WGS84Polyline1:4,000,0001988SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_geomor_400_1994_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001994 Institute of Geographic Sciences and natural Resources Research, CAS Inner MongoliaIM_geology_500_1990_WGS84Polygon1:5,000,0001990SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_hydrol_400_1987_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001987Geological Publishing House Inner MongoliaIM_river_400_1988_WGS84Polyline1:4,000,0001988SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_riverp_400_1988_WGS84Point1:4,000,0001988SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_lake_400_1988_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001988Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Inner MongoliaIM_desert_400_1988_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001988CAS-Lanzhou Desert Research Centre Inner MongoliaIM_forest_250_1977_WGS84Polygon1:2,500,0001977State Forestry Administration, P.R.China Inner MongoliaIM_snowl_400_1988_WGS84Polyline1:4,000,0001988 CAS-Lanzhou GLACIOLOGY AND GEOCRYOLOGY Research Centre Inner MongoliaIM_snow_400_1988_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001988 CAS-Lanzhou GLACIOLOGY AND GEOCRYOLOGY Research Centre Inner MongoliaIM_grass_400_1996_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001996Science Press Inner MongoliaIM_soil_400_1978_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001978SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_swamp_400_1990_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001990 Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Inner MongoliaIM_vegetatn_400_1979_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001979SinoMaps Press Inner MongoliaIM_landuse_400_1991_WGS84Polygon1:4,000,0001991SinoMaps Press

11. Eastern Michigan Universityhttp://igre.emich.edu 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

12. Institute for Geospatial Research & Education Eastern Michigan University http://igre.emich.edu Discussion and Suggestion