Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


w122n37


Location


37° N; 122° W
Americas; United States of America (California)
Elevation of the tile center point: 28 m
Water consist 5.6% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub biome
California interior chaparral and woodlands 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°)

25

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

3

Annual precipitation (mm)

736


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.73

           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

29.3%

median

27%

maximum

74%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 6.5%





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