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FAO-UNESCO SOIL MAP OF THE WORLD FOR ASIA; GRID VERSION

Entry ID: GNVd0054_104

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Summary

Abstract: UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Set:
FAO-Unesco Soil Map of the World; UNEP/GRID 1986 Version.

The Global Soils database resident at UNEP/GRID was digitized by the
ESRI Corporation in Redlands, California (USA) from the 1974
FAO-Unesco Soil Map of the World at 1:5,000,000 scale. The legend of
the Soil Map of the World comprises an estimated 5000 different
mapping units, consisting of ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 79.0

S: -10.0

E: -170.0

W: 20.0

Data Set Citation

Online Resource: http://geonetwork.grid.unep.ch/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ASIA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS

LAND SURFACE > SOILS

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Access Constraints Public

Ancillary Keywords

SOIL TYPES (CLASSIFICATION OF)

SOILS

Subject Disciplines > Soil Mapping

Terrestrial Ecosystems > Soils

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

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: Approx 484 MB per file

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS

Fees: None

Personnel

MARCEL DOBBER, PH. D

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

KNMI

P.O.Box 201

City: De Bilt

Province or State: AE

Postal Code: 3730

Country: NL

SURAIYA P. AHMAD, PH. D

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5284

Email: Suraiya.Ahmad at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Ahmad, S. P., P. F. Levelt, P. K. Bhartia, E. Hilsenrath, G. W.
Leppelmeier,and J. E. Johnson, &Atmospheric Products from the
Ozone Monitoring Instrument(OMI)&, Proceedings of SPIE
conference on Earth Observing Systems VIII, San Diego,
California, Aug 3-8, 2003.
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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-08-03

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-04-29

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