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U.S. NAVY ELEVATION FOR ZAMBIA (10 MINUTES LAT./LONG. RESAMPLED).

Entry ID: GNVd0072_104

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Summary

Abstract: UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Set:
U. S. Navy (FNOC) 10-Minute Elevation

The U. S. Navy Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC; Monterey,
Ca.) was the original producer of the 10-Minute Elevation or Terrain
data set. The FNOC began creating this data set in the mid-1960s, and
their work on it continued into the early 1970s. The main sources of
the data were the U.S. Department ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -7.69

S: -18.7

E: 34.45

W: 21.55

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > EASTERN AFRICA > ZAMBIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

ENVIRONMENT

Access Constraints Public

Ancillary Keywords

ELEVATION

Environmental Monitoring > Environmental Measurements > Elevation

TOPOGRAPHY

Originating Center

UNEP/EAD/GRID - Geneva

Data Center

Global Resource Information Database - Geneva, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme

Data Center URL: http://www.grid.unep.ch/

Data Center Personnel
Name: HY DAO Phone: 41-22-917-82-25 Fax: 41-22-917-80-29 Email: Hy.Dao at unep.org Contact Address: Head of Metadata & Socio-Economics Unit City: Geneva Postal Code: 1219 Country: SWITZERLAND