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Suitability of Soil and Climate conditions for Soil Carbon Sequestration

 ISO19115/19139 XML

Identification info
Title  Suitability of Soil and Climate conditions for Soil Carbon Sequestration
Date  2000/1/12
Date type  Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence
Edition  first
Presentation form  Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
Abstract  Suitability of Soil + climate + Length of Growing period conditions for Soil Carbon Sequestration derived from the raster version of the FAO/UNESCO soil map of the world (wdsmwgr).
Status  Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Maintenance and update frequency  As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
Descriptive keywords  soil , climate , carbon (theme).
Descriptive keywords  World (place).
Access constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Use constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Spatial representation type  Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
Language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code  Geoscientific information
Extent
Geographic bounding box
North bound
West bound
Polygon((-180 -90,180 -90,180 90,-180 90,-180 -90))
 East bound
South bound
Distribution Information
Transfer options
Interactive Map  Suitability of Soil and Climate conditions for Soil Carbon Sequestration
(OGC-WMS Server: http://geonetwork.fao.org/ows/12737 )
View in Google Earth  Suitability of Soil and Climate conditions for Soil Carbon Sequestration   View in Google Earth
Spatial representation info
Number of dimensions 

3

Dimension name  Row: Ordinate (y) axis
Resolution
Units of measure 

,

Resolution 

5 arc minutes

Dimension name  Column: Abscissa (x) axis
Dimension size 

5 arc minutes

Resolution
Units of measure 

,

Dimension name  Vertical: Vertical (z) axis
Resolution
Units of measure 

,

Resolution 

5 arc minutes

Cell geometry  Area: Each cell represents an area
Reference System Information
Code  WGS 1984
Data quality info
Hierarchy level  Dataset: Information applies to the dataset
Metadata
File identifier  f8c00c50-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp  2005-12-08T11:23:57
Metadata standard name  ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version  1.0
Contact
Organisation name  FAO - GIS UNIT
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Delivery point  Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
City  Rome
Country  Italy
Electronic mail address  GIS-Manager@fao.org