Africa Isobioclimates

Created as part of the USGS’s <a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/africa.shtml' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Africa Ecosystems Mapping project</a>, the <a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/africa.shtml#BIO' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Africa Isobioclimates</a> layer classifies the landscape of Africa into 157 climate regions based on temperature and moisture patterns.<br /><div><br /></div><div><font size='4'>Dataset Summary</font></div><div><div><br /></div><div>This layer provides access to a 100m cell sized raster with climate region information for Africa, Madagascar, and other islands near Africa. It was published by the U.S. Geological Survey and The Nature Conservancy in 2009.<br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>This layer was used as an input for the <a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ab06bbc6ecbb42d59d9379d4c64bf8a3' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Africa Terrestrial Ecosystems</a> mapping project.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/africa.shtml' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Link to source metadata</a><br /><div style='text-align:Left;'><p><font size='4'>What can you do with this layer?</font><br /></p><div style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;'><div>This layer has query, identify, and export image services available. The layer is restricted to a 24,000 x 24,000 pixel limit for these services, which represents an area roughly 2,400 kilometers on a side. The source data for this layer are available <a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/ecosystems/AfricaData/' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>here</a>. <br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>This layer is part of a larger collection of <a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?owner=esri&amp;title=Landscape%20Layers' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>landscape layers</a> that you can use to perform a wide variety of mapping and analysis tasks.</div></div></div></div></div>