Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


e019s24


Location


24° S; 19° E
Africa; Namibia (Hardap)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1226 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Deserts & Xeric Shrublands biome
Kalahari xeric savanna 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


Arid, hot


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

33

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

1

Annual precipitation (mm)

240


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.28

           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

0.1%

median

0%

maximum

3%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 38.9%





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