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Egypt: Mean Annual Precipitation 1980-1999

 

Egypt: Mean Annual Precipitation 1980-1999

Intersections of agroclimatic zones for the period 1980 to 1999 with land-use and land-form zones.

Metadata
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

2008

Egypt: Mean Annual Precipitation 1980-1999

vector digital data

http://gu.icarda.org/geocms/public/en/cms/metadata/index/143/Egypt%3A+Mean+Annual+Precipitation+1980%2D1999/

Description

Intersections of agroclimatic zones for the period 1980 to 1999 with land-use and land-form zones.

WFP Workshop on "Climate Change and Food Security", Cairo, Egypt, 3-4 November 2008

Source: Generated by GIS Unit, ICARDA. For a description see: E. De Pauw, 2008 (unpublished): CWANA and Northern Mediterranean: Agroecological Zones. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria.

Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time

1980

1999

ground condition

Status

Complete

None planned

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates

23.994643

40.999878

33.001723

20.994313

Keywords
Theme

REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.

Current climate

Land use

Land forms

agroclimatic zones

agro-ecological zones

Place

CWANA

Egypt

Open access policy: reproduction and distribution of this dataset is allowed subject to proper citation (see citation information)

Fair use policy: commercialization of this dataset is not allowed. No constraints on use in applications, whether for commercial or non-profit.

Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary

International Center for Research in the Dry Areas

ICARDA, Geoinformatics Unit

ICARDA, Geoinformatics Unit

+ 961 1 843472/813303

+ 961 1 804071/01-843473

icarda-gisu@cgiar.org

7.30 AM - 3.00 PM

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/regional/WFP/Egypt/Thumbnail/Egypt_Annual_Precip_1980-99_A3.jpg

Low Resolution (90dpi)

JPG

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/regional/WFP/Egypt/Map/Egypt_Annual_Precip_1980-99_A3.tif

High Resolution (300dpi)

TIFF

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/regional/WFP/Egypt/Thumbnail/Egypt_AgroEcologicalZones_Legend_A3.jpg

Map Legend

JPG

Prepared by GIS Unit, ICARDA, 2008.

Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy

Data values for all stations have been checked for plausibility

Positional Accuracy
Horizontal Positional Accuracy

Geographical accuracy of all stations has been checked

Vertical Positional Accuracy

Elevation accuracy for all stations has been checked against GTOPO30 DEM

Lineage
Process Step

Creating the Metadata

2009

Process Step

Dataset copied.

C:\Documents and Settings\fdelobel\Desktop\Eddy2\Egypt WFP DATA\Egypt_Layers_2\AgroEcologicalZones1980-99Layers\AgroEcologicalZones1980-99Layers\Eg_AEZ\Eg_ACZ_LandUse_LandForm

20090611

09422200

Spatial Data Organization Information

Vector

Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description

G-polygon

511

Raster Object Information

Grid Cell

1440

2040

1

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic

0.000000

0.000000

Decimal degrees

Geodetic Model

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Entity and Attribute Information
Detailed Description
Entity Type

Eg_ACZ_LandUse_LandForm

Attribute

FID

Internal feature number.

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute

Shape

Feature geometry.

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute

GRIDCODE

Attribute

GRIDCODE_1

Attribute

Soil

Attribute

LandForm

Attribute

LandUse

Attribute

Climate

Attribute

Area

Attribute

ACZ_LU_LF

Attribute

ACZ_U_F_in

Distribution Information

Downloadable Data

ICARDA declines all responsibility for errors or deficiencies in the database or in the documentation accompanying it, for maintenance or for updating the database. Users are however kindly requested to report any errors or deficiencies in this product to ICARDA. ICARDA is no authority on country boundaries and follows UN practice regarding country boundary location, as indicated on the United Nations Cartographic Website: http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

Standard Order Process
Digital Form
Digital Transfer Information

0.564

ArcGIS, or ArcView with Spatial Analyst extension. Metadata can be read directly in ArcCatalog or in a Web browser using the HTML pages provided separately.

Metadata Reference Information

20090730

Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary

International Center for Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

Francois Delobel

Consultant, Geoinformatics Unit

Contact Address

mailing and physical address

ICARDA, P.O. Box 114/5055

Beirut

Beirut

Lebanon

+ 961 1 843472/813303

+ 961 1 804071/01-843473

f.delobel@cgiar.org

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

FGDC-STD-001-1998

local time

metextns

http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

ESRI Metadata Profile

metextns

http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

ESRI Metadata Profile

metextns

http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

ESRI Metadata Profile

metextns

http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

ESRI Metadata Profile

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