8.2.4. BGUSE: Biogenic gridded land use

The BGUSE file is the BEIS2-format ASCII biogenic gridded land use file input to the Rawbio program. This file is list-directed and its format is given in Table 8.19, “Format for BGUSE.

Table 8.19. Format for BGUSE

Line Position Description
1 A #GRID header (see Area and Mobile spatial surrogate files) (required)
Repeat the following for each cell
3+ A Cell column number (Integer)
  B Cell row number (Integer)
  C Cell area in hectares (Real)
For a given cell, repeat the following for each land use type (rural forest, urban forest, agriculture, or “other”)
4+ A Area of land use type in the cell (hectares) (Real)
  B Number of land use subtypes for this land use type in the cell (Integer)
Repeat the following for each land use subtype in the cell
5+ A 4-character name of land use type (in quotes)
  B Area of land use subtype (hectares) (Real)