BELD3_A
, BELD3_B
, and BELD3_TOT
files are I/O API netCDF files that contain gridded BELD3 data. The BELD3 data comprise 230 land use types. Because the I/O
API limit on the number of variables in one netCDF file is 120, the gridded BELD3 data is broken up into two files (BELD_A
and BELD_B
). The BELD_TOT
file contains additional information on the BELD3 data for the same grid as the BELD3_A
and BELD3_B
files. The BELD3_TOT
file contains the following variable and description:
FOREST: Percentage of forest area in each grid cell