Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


w112n60


Location


60° N; 112° W
Americas; Canada (Alberta)
Elevation of the tile center point: 213 m
Water consist 9.6% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Boreal Forests/Taiga biome
Mid-Continental Canadian 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


Continental, humid, cool summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

22

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

-31

Annual precipitation (mm)

350


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

41.5%

median

43%

maximum

71%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 2.3%





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