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CARPE - Central African Regional Program for the Environment GIS and Remote Sensing Datasets

Entry ID: CARPE_ImagesandMaps

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Summary

Abstract: The Central African Regional Program for the Environment (The Central African
Regional Program for the Environment The Central African Regional Program for
the Environment (CARPE) is a long-term initiative by USAID to address the
issues of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Congo Basin forest zone,
in the middle of the African continent. One of the least developed regions of
the world, ...

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Description: Access to CARPE GIS data and products

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 20.0

S: -10.0

E: 50.0

W: -20.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: CARPE

Dataset Title: Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) GIS and Remote Sensing Datasets

Dataset Publisher: U.S. Agency for International Development

Data Presentation Form: GIS

Online Resource: http://carpe.umd.edu/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1941-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > CAMEROON

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

SOCIETY

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Project

CARPE > Central African Regional Programe for the Environment

Access Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

CARPE

Congo Basin

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

CARPE/USAID

Data Center

Central African Regional Program for the Environment, United States Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State

Data Center URL: http://carpe.umd.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DIDIER DEVERS Phone: (301) 405-8298 Fax: (301) 314-6503 Email: didier at hermes.geog.umd.edu Contact Address: University of Maryland Department of Geography 2181 LeFrak Hall City: College Park Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20742 Country: USA