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Idleb Rural Development Project Area: Vegetation Degradation

 

Idleb Rural Development Project Area: Vegetation Degradation

Level of vegetation degradation observed in Jebel Zawia and Jebel Wastani

Metadata
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information

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

2008

Idleb Rural Development Project Area: Vegetation Degradation

vector digital data

http://gu.icarda.org/geocms/public/en/cms/metadata/index/227/Idleb+Rural+Development+Project+Area%3A+Vegetation+Degradation/

Description

Level of vegetation degradation observed in Jebel Zawia and Jebel Wastani

Characterisation of the agricultural environment in Jebel Zawia and in Jebel Wastani with a view to develop management plans for areas with valuable plant biodiversity (Idleb Rural Development Project)

Methodology: A visual scoring of vegetation degradation, based on the presence of degradation indicator plants, was undertaken at 40 sites in the project area.

Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time

2008

publication date

Status

Complete

None planned

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates

36.364215

36.664777

36.148592

35.563753

Keywords
Theme

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

vegetation

degradation

Place

Syria

Idleb

Wastani

Zawia

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/sub-national/Idleb/Thumbnail/Vegetation_degradation.jpg

Low Resolution (90dpi)

JPEG

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/sub-national/Idleb/Map/Vegetation_degradation.tif

High Resolution (200dpi)

TIFF

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/sub-national/Idleb/Doc/Report_Idleb.pdf

For additional details on the methodology, please refer to

PDF

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

Vector

Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description

Entity point

35

Raster Object Information

Grid Cell

5312

2315

1

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Grid Coordinate System

Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal Transverse Mercator

37

Transverse Mercator

0.999600

39.000000

0.000000

500000.000000

0.000000

Planar Coordinate Information

coordinate pair

Coordinate Representation

0.000000

0.000000

meters

Geodetic Model

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Entity and Attribute Information
Detailed Description
Entity Type

degradation

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

SITE_CODE

Attribute

SITE_NAME

Attribute

X_COORDINA

Attribute

Y_COORDONA

Attribute

ALTITUDE

Attribute

VEGETATION

Attribute

LAND_FORM

Attribute

DEG_FACTOR

Attribute

DEG_SCAL

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

0.001

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

20090810

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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