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Atbara/Tekeze Basin: Annual Temperature 1980-1999

 

Atbara/Tekeze Basin: Annual Temperature 1980-1999

Mean annual precipitation 1980-1999 in the Atbara/Tekeze drainage basin.

Metadata
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information

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

2008

Atbara/Tekeze Basin: Annual Temperature 1980-1999

raster digital data

http://gu.icarda.org/geocms/public/en/cms/metadata/index/219/Atbara%2FTekeze+Basin%3A+Annual+Temperature+1980%2D1999/

Description

Mean annual precipitation 1980-1999 in the Atbara/Tekeze drainage basin.

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

Source: Surface based on http://biogeo.berkeley.edu/worldclim1_4/grid/cur/prec_30s_esri.zip described in: Hijmans, R.J., S.E. Cameron, J.L. Parra, P.G. Jones and A. Jarvis, 2005. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1965-1978.

Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Range of Dates/Times

2080

2099

REQUIRED: The basis on which the time period of content information is determined.

Status

Complete

None planned

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates

33.839945

39.996773

19.127797

11.636838

Keywords
Theme

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

Future climate

temperature

Place

CWANA

Egypt

Nile basin

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 Person Primary

ICARDA, Geoinformatics Unit

International Center for Research in the Dry Areas

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/NileBasin_PrecipChange_1980-99_2080-99_A3.jpg

Low Resolution (90dpi)

JPG

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/regional/WFP/Egypt/Map/NileBasin_PrecipChange_1980-99_2080-99_A3.tif

High Resolution (300dpi)

TIFF

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

Spatial Data Organization Information

Raster

Raster Object Information

Grid Cell

839

642

1

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection

Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers Conical Equal Area

2.500000

22.500000

30.000000

15.000000

0.000000

0.000000

Planar Coordinate Information

row and column

Coordinate Representation

982.421276

982.421276

meters

Geodetic Model

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

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

0.359

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

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