Global Forest Resources Assessment

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

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Location


40° N; 8° W
Europe; Portugal (Coimbra)
Elevation of the tile center point: 448 m
Water consist 1.8% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub biome
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and 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


Humid Middle Latitude, summer dry, warm summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

28

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

4

Annual precipitation (mm)

1046


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.74

           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

52.7%

median

53%

maximum

74%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.3%





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


 


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