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USDA Crop Explorer: Global Crop Condition and Commodity Production Analysis from the USDA/Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division (PECAD)

Entry ID: USDA0557

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Summary

Abstract: The Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division (PECAD) of USDA's Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) is responsible for global crop condition assessments
and estimates of area, yield, and production for grains, oilseeds, and cotton.
The primary mission of PECAD is to produce the most objective and accurate
assessment of the global agricultural production outlook and ...

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Description: Access to Crop Explorer

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 70.0

S: -60.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: USDA FAS

Dataset Title: Global Crop Condition and Commodity Production Analysis from the USDA/Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division (PECAD)

Dataset Release Date: 2001

Dataset Release Place: Washington, D.C.

Dataset Publisher: USDA/FAS

Online Resource: http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA > SOUTH AFRICA

CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > ARMENIA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1/8 mesh grids
Longitude Resolution: 1/8 mesh grids
Temporal Resolution: daily, monthly, decadal

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > CROP/PLANT YIELDS

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

Instrument

ALT (TOPEX) > TOPEX Radar Altimeter

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

Project

LACIE > Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment

Quality Users are cautioned that this in Not Official USDA Data. Official
USDA production, supply, and distribution data are determined after
analyzing all available sources of data, including those provided on
this page.

Ancillary Keywords

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY

Agriculture And Food Security > Agricultural Production > Crop Yields

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

USDA/FAS

Data Center

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Data Center URL: http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: USDA PRODUCTION ESTIMATES AND CROP ASSESSMENT DIVISION Phone: (202) 720-0888 Fax: (202) 720-8880 Email: pecad at fas.usda.gov Contact Address: U.S. Department of Agriculture Room 6053, South Building Stop 1045 City: Washington D.C. Postal Code: 20250 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online WWW

Fees: none

Personnel

BOB BALDWIN

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 1-202-720-1860

Fax: 1-202-720-1295

Email: bob.baldwin at usda.gov

Contact Address:

USDA

Foreign Agricultural Service

CMP-PECAD, MS 1045-S

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

City: Washington

Province or State: DC

Postal Code: 20250

Country: USA

Publications/References

Ahn C.-H. and R. Tateishi. 1994. Development of a Global 30-minute grid
Potential Evapotranspiration Data Set. Journal of the Japan Soc. Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing, 33(2): 12-21.

Allen, R. G., L.S. Pereira, D. Raes, and M. Smith. 1998. Crop
evapotranspiration; Guidelines for computing crop water requirements, FAO
Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, pp. ...

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-08-17

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