West Asia and Egypt. Annual drought severity: 1910

 

West Asia and Egypt. Annual drought severity: 1910

West Asia and Egypt. Annual drought severity: 1910

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Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information

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

2010

West Asia and Egypt. Annual drought severity: 1910

raster digital data

(based on SPI model under Full Data Reanalysis Product Version 4 of the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)

http://gu.icarda.org/geocms/public/en/cms/metadata/index/625/West+Asia+and+Egypt%2E+Annual+drought+severity%3A+1910/

Description

West Asia and Egypt. Annual drought severity: 1910

Baseline data to assist development agencies in planning for adaptation strategies to climate change

Map 210 of the Climate Change Atlas for West Asia and Egypt

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

1901

2007

publication date

Status

Complete

Irregular

Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates

22

46

40

18

Keywords
Theme

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drought

downscaling

GPCC

standardized precipitation index

SPI

Place

West Asia

Egypt

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

Occupied Palestinian Territories

Syria

Temporal

annual

Open access policy: this dataset is an international public good. 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 use.

Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary

ICARDA, Geoinformatics Unit

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

ICARDA, Geoinformatics Unit

+ 961 1 843472/813303

+ 961 1 804071/01-843473

icarda-gisu@cgiar.org

Browse Graphic

http://geonet.icarda.cgiar.org/geonetwork/data/regional/West_Asia/Maps/Drought_SPI/JPG/Map210Annual-Drought-Severity1910.jpg

JPG

Map prepared for the Regional Center for Disaster Risk Reduction (RCDRR) through support by AASTMT,UNISDR and WFP

Cross Reference
Citation Information

W. Goebel and E. De Pauw

2010

Climate Change Atlas for Egypt and parts of West Asia. A baseline dataset for planning adaptation strategies to climate change

Technical Report, GIS Unit ICARDA

Data Quality Information
Lineage
Process Step

Dataset moved.

D:\Wolf\SPI\Res\GRID\12-1910

20100503

11550000

Process Step

Dataset copied.

G:\GIS\WFP\WAsia\Grid\SPI\12-1910

20100616

23334700

Spatial Data Organization Information

Raster

Raster Object Information

Grid Cell

1

1

1

Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Planar Coordinate Information

row and column

Coordinate Representation

1.000000

1.000000

Distribution Information

Downloadable Data

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Digital Form
Digital Transfer Information

31.023

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Metadata Reference Information

20100706

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Beirut

Beirut

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+ 961 1 843472/813303

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

FGDC-STD-001-1998

local time

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