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Aridity Index with Cold Climate
Identification info
Title
Aridity Index with Cold Climate
Date
2003/01/02
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
Aridity index (P/Pet) derived from IDRISI file with continuous data (RIDXCRUAV), reclassified into 5 classes (+ water bodies). The IDRISI file was received by IIASA on February 2003. See pet.apr and ar5min.doc
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 (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
WGS 84
North bound
West bound
Polygon((-180 -90,180 -90,180 90,-180 90,-180 -90))
East bound
South bound
Distribution Information
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Aridity index and cold climate
(OGC-WMS Server: http://geonetwork.fao.org/ows/12743 )
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Aridity index and cold climate
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
f8db8390-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp
2005-11-15T15:44:21
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Contact
Individual name
FAO GIS Manager
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
