Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


e168s47


Location


47° S; 168° E
Oceania; New Zealand (Southland)
Elevation of the tile center point: 152 m
Water consist 1.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests biome
Rakiura Island temperate 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, humid, warm summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

17

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

0

Annual precipitation (mm)

1308


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.83

           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

71.8%

median

74%

maximum

76%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.0%





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