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Major climates of Africa

 ISO19115/19139 XML

Identification info
Title  Major climates of Africa
Date  1996-05-01
Date type  Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence
Edition  First edition.
Presentation form  Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
Abstract 

Map showing 8 major climate classes for Africa.

Digital version of "Major Climatic Divisions" derived from the Agro-Ecological Zones Project, made by FAO in 1978.

Refer to World Soil Resources Report 48, Vol. 1 Methodology and Results for Africa.

Status  Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Point of contact
Individual name  freddy nachtergaele
Organisation name  FAO - AGLL
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Electronic mail address  freddy_nachtergaele@hotmail.it
Descriptive keywords  WEATHER .
Descriptive keywords  continental climate .
Descriptive keywords  CLIMATE .
Descriptive keywords  .
Descriptive keywords  Africa (place).
Spatial representation type  Vector: Vector data is used to represent geographic data
Equivalent scale
Denominator 

10000000

Language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code  Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Extent
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West bound
Polygon((-17.3 -34.6,51.1 -34.6,51.1 38.2,-17.3 38.2,-17.3 -34.6))
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South bound
Distribution Information
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Interactive Map  Major Climates of Africa
(OGC-WMS Server: http://data.fao.org/maps/wms?styles=geonetwork_afr_mcli_6_style )
View in Google Earth  Major Climates of Africa   View in Google Earth
Data for download  Major Climates of Africa - Shape file format
Data quality info
Hierarchy level  Dataset: Information applies to the dataset
Description  Last Updated
Date / Time  2002-05-31 19:58:00
Metadata
File identifier  c136fa00-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp  2012-02-22T14:06:57
Metadata standard name  ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version  1.0
Maintenance and update frequency  As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
Contact
Individual name  Marina Zanetti
Organisation name  FAO - UN AGLL
Role  Originator: Party who created the resource