Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


e023s15


Location


15° S; 23° E
Africa; Zambia (Western)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1008 m
Water consist 3.2% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Flooded Grasslands & Savannas biome
Zambezian flooded grasslands 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


Moist Tropical, winter dry


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

35

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

8

Annual precipitation (mm)

999


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.76

           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

10.1%

median

10%

maximum

69%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.1%





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