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Soil and Terrain Database of Central Africa - SOTERCAF - (Democratic Republic of Congo 1:2 million and Burundi and Rwanda 1:1 million scale)

Entry ID: ISRIC_SOTERCAF_primary_VER1

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Summary

Abstract: The Soil and Terrrain database of Central Africa (SOTERCAF, version 1.0) was compiled at scale 1:2 million for the Democratic Republic of Congo and at scale 1:1 million for Rwanda and Burundi. The SOTERCAF compilation has been a joint collaboration of the Soil Science Laboratory of the University of Ghent, Belgium and ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen under contract with the Food and ...

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Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: View project homepage: download documentation and (zipped) dataset.

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Caption: View of landform themes of Lower Congo

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 60.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Arctic Research Program

Dataset Title: Time series of MaxNDVI during 1982-2010 for coastal tundra in (a) the Northern Hemisphere (NH) as a whole, Eurasia and North America, and (b) the western Kara Sea and Beaufort Sea.

Dataset Release Date: 2011

Dataset Publisher: Arctic Report Card 2011

Online Resource: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/vegetation.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1980-01-01

Stop Date: 2009-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EURASIA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT PHENOLOGY

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Arctic Research Program, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.oar.noaa.gov/climate/t_arctic.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: JACQUELINE RICHTER-MENGE Email: Jaqueline.A.Richter-Menge at erdc.usaec.army.mil Contact Address: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory 72 Lyme Rd. City: Hanover Province or State: NH Postal Code: 03755-1290 Country: USA

Publications/References

Bhatt, U. S. and co-authors (2010), Circumpolar Arctic tundra vegetation change is linked to sea-ice decline, 14, 1-20, Earth Interactions

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-12-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-12-14

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