Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


w142n66


Location


66° N; 142° W
Americas; United States of America (Alaska)
Elevation of the tile center point: 289 m
Water consist 1.7% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Boreal Forests/Taiga biome
Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga 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°)

21

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

-33

Annual precipitation (mm)

226


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.79

           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

42.9%

median

42%

maximum

73%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 1.0%





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