Pilot Area in NW Iran: Adequacy of Climate for Barley

 

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Adequacy of Climate for Barley

Suitability of climate conditions (temperature and precipitation) for barley crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

Metadata
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information

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

2008

Pilot Area in NW Iran: Adequacy of Climate for Barley

raster digital data

http://gu.icarda.org/geocms/public/en/cms/metadata/index/306/Pilot+Area+in+NW+Iran%3A+Adequacy+of+Climate+for+Barley/

Description

Suitability of climate conditions (temperature and precipitation) for barley crops in the Aras and the Daryacheh-Uromieh basins, North-West Iran

Determine the land suitability for barley crops in the study area

Methodology: Suitability classes are determined by the most limiting factor among annual precipitation and annual heat units.

Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time

2007

publication date

Status

Complete

None planned

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates

46.100529

49.162195

34.960947

30.953447

Keywords
Theme

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

suitability

climate

temperature

precipitation

barley

Place

Iran

pilot area

Aras and Daryacheh-Uromieh basins

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

Contact Address

mailing and physical address

ICARDA, P.O. Box 114/5055

Beirut

Beirut

Lebanon

+ 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/NW-Iran/Thumbnail/Suit_BAR_Clim_A4_200.jpg

Low Resolution (90dpi)

JPEG

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/sub-national/NW-Iran/Map/Suit_BAR_Clim_A4_200.tif

High Resolution (200dpi)

TIFF

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/sub-national/NW-Iran/Doc/Report_NW-Iran.pdf

For additional details on the methodology, 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

Raster

Raster Object Information

Grid Cell

2960

3685

1

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic

0.000000

0.000000

Decimal degrees

Planar
Planar Coordinate Information

row and column

Coordinate Representation

0.000833

0.000833

Geodetic Model

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Entity and Attribute Information
Detailed Description
Entity Type

acz_dd.vat

Attribute

Rowid

Internal feature number.

ESRI

Attribute Domain Values

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute

VALUE

Attribute

COUNT

Distribution Information

Downloadable Data

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Standard Order Process
Digital Form
Digital Transfer Information

41.713

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 Person Primary

Francois Delobel

International Center for Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

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

7.30 AM - 3.00 PM

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

FGDC-STD-001-1998

local time

Metadata Security Information

Unclassified

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