Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


e033n09


Location


9° N; 33° E
Africa; Sudan (Upper Nile)
Elevation of the tile center point: 369 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Flooded Grasslands & Savannas biome
Saharan 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°)

38

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

19

Annual precipitation (mm)

791


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.78

           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

9.4%

median

6%

maximum

28%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.3%





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