Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


e104n19


Location


19° N; 104° E
Asia; Lao People's Democratic Republic (Xiangkhouang)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1178 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests biome
Luang Prabang montane rain 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


Humid Middle Latitude, winter dry, hot summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

26

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

8

Annual precipitation (mm)

1684


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.85

           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

67.8%

median

75%

maximum

79%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.0%





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