! SSIB VEGETATION TYPES (DORMAN AND SELLERS, 1989; JAM)
!
!  1:   BROADLEAF-EVERGREEN TREES  (TROPICAL FOREST)
!  2:   BROADLEAF-DECIDUOUS TREES
!  3:   BROADLEAF AND NEEDLELEAF TREES (MIXED FOREST)
!  4:   NEEDLELEAF-EVERGREEN TREES
!  5:   NEEDLELEAF-DECIDUOUS TREES (LARCH)
!  6:   BROADLEAF TREES WITH GROUNDCOVER (SAVANNA)
!  7:   GROUNDCOVER ONLY (PERENNIAL)
!  8:   BROADLEAF SHRUBS WITH PERENNIAL GROUNDCOVER
!  9:   BROADLEAF SHRUBS WITH BARE SOIL
! 10:   DWARF TREES AND SHRUBS WITH GROUNDCOVER (TUNDRA)
! 11:   BARE SOIL
! 12:   CULTIVATIONS (THE SAME PARAMETERS AS FOR TYPE 7)
! 13:   GLACIAL (THE SAME PARAMETERS AS FOR TYPE 11)
! 14:   URBAN 
! 15:   ATLANTIC FOREST
! 16:   DEFORESTATION