Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


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Location


54° N; 24° E
Europe; Lithuania (Alytaus)
Elevation of the tile center point: 105 m
Water consist 1.4% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests biome
Central European mixed forests 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


Continental, humid, warm summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

22

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

-9

Annual precipitation (mm)

598


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.77

           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

49.6%

median

54%

maximum

69%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.5%





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