Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


e140s08


Location


8° S; 140° E
Asia; Indonesia (Papua)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests biome
Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp 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


Moist Tropical, winter dry


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

31

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

20

Annual precipitation (mm)

1645


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.80

           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

50.7%

median

52%

maximum

80%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.0%





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