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Soil and Terrain Database for Tunisia primary data (version 1.0) - scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Tunisia)

Entry ID: ISRIC_SOTER_Tunisia_primary

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Summary

Abstract: The Soil and Terrain database for Tunisia primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Tunisia), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program of Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). A SOTER database was compiled based on the digital soil map of Tunisia. The primary soil and terrain data for Tunisia has been selected from available survey reports and publications. A SRTM-DEM was used to adjust some unit boundaries in the GIS file.

SOTER forms a part of the ongoing activities of ISRIC, FAO and UNEP to update the world's baseline information on natural resources.The project involved collaboration with national soil institutes from the countries in the region as well as individual experts.

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

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

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 37.4	S: 30.2	E: 11.65	W: 7.5
Min Altitude: -17 Max Altitude: 1545

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Chen YC (UC-Irvine), Randerson JT (UC-Irvine), Morton DC (Code 618), DeFries RS (Columbia), Collatz GJ (Code 618), Kasibhatla PS (Duke), Giglio L (UMD), Jin Y (UC-Irvine), Marlier ME (Columbia)

Dataset Title: Predicted (red) versus actual (black) Fire Season Severity for 6 states in the Brazilian and Bolivian Amazon during 2001-2011.

Dataset Release Date: 2011-11

Dataset Publisher: NASA

Online Resource: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/bsb/science/slides.php?sciid=117

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-01-01

Stop Date: 2011-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > WILDFIRES

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE OCCURRENCE

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

TRMM > Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

ATSR > Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

VIRS > TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

NASA Code 610

Data Center

Biospheric Sciences Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/bsb/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DOUGLAS C. MORTON Phone: 301-614-6688 Email: douglas.morton at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA/GSFC Code 618 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Publications/References

Chen YC (UC-Irvine), Randerson JT (UC-Irvine), Morton DC (Code 618), DeFries RS (Columbia), Collatz GJ (Code 618), Kasibhatla PS (Duke), Giglio L (UMD), Jin Y (UC-Irvine), Marlier ME (Columbia) (2011), Forecasting Fire Season Severity in South America Using Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies., 334, 787-791, Science

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-02-03

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-03

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