Global Forest Resources Assessment

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
GIScCE, South Dakota State University


e018s19


Location


19° S; 18° E
Africa; Namibia (Oshikoto)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1184 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands biome
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands ecoregion



External information resources


The Degree Confluence Project information



Tile outlines


 Tile outline 10x10km and 20x20km [KMZ]
 Tile outline 10x10km [SHP]
 Tile outline 20x20km [SHP]


Climate and Phenology


Köppen Climate Classification System


Semiarid, hot


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

33

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

8

Annual precipitation (mm)

531


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.56

           Monthly NDVI (percent of maximum annual NDVI)




Land Cover Data


MODIS Tree canopy cover



                  Tree canopy cover

         0%

100%


      Tree canopy cover within the tile

mean

6.5%

median

6%

maximum

15%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 9.6%





 Download MODIS-derived tree canopy cover
    and SRTM water mask [GeoTIF]