Coarse-textured Soils in CWANA and Eurasia

 

Coarse-textured Soils in CWANA and Eurasia

Proportion of coarse-textured soils in the Central and West Asia - North Africa and Eurasia regions

Metadata
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information

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

2008

Coarse-textured Soils in CWANA and Eurasia

raster digital data

http://gu.icarda.org/geocms/public/en/cms/metadata/index/437/Coarse%2Dtextured+Soils+in+CWANA+and+Eurasia/

Description

Proportion of coarse-textured soils in the Central and West Asia - North Africa and Eurasia regions

Building a new eco-climatic database was established consisting of GIS layers of soil and climatic parameters at 1 km resolution, covering the entire CWANA and Eurasia region.

The basis for the soil layers is the FAO Digital Soil Map of the World at 1:5,000,000 scale. The textural classes refer to the relative proportions of the soil size components sand, silt and clay. A coarse-textured soil contains less than 18% clay and more than 65% sand. A medium-textured soil contains 18-35% clay and less than 65% sand. A fine-textured soil contains >35% clay.

Time Period of Content
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time

2008

publication date

Status

Complete

None planned

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates

45.602975

48.672963

39.698607

37.231951

Keywords
Theme

soil

coarse texture

Place

CWANA

Eurasia

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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/regional/GRU_NetBlotch/Thumbnail/coarse-text.jpg

Low Resolution (90dpi)

JPEG

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/regional/GRU_NetBlotch/Map/coarse-text.jpg

High Resolution (200dpi)

JPEG

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/regional/GRU_NetBlotch/Doc/Report_NetBlotch.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

13706

24646

1

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic

0.000000

0.000000

Decimal degrees

Planar
Planar Coordinate Information

row and column

Coordinate Representation

0.008333

0.008333

Geodetic Model

D_WGS_1984

WGS_1984

6378137.000000

298.257224

Entity and Attribute Information
Detailed Description
Entity Type

coar_cwanaea.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

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

7.554

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

20090813

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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ESRI Metadata Profile

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