Laos Uber H3 level 6 database

Database for characterization of sub national units for Laos using Uber H3 level 6 hexagons. Data includes crop, livestock, as well as climate data. H3 hexagons have unique identifiers that can be used to sum or average underlying data covered by area. As compared to square pixels, hexagons are better to fully cover a countries area. The lower the level used the better the fit.

Data sources used:

Livestock: FAO GLW (Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Chicken, Buffaloes) year 2015

Crops: IFPRI SPAM 2010 for Countries in SS Africa SPAM 2017

Climate: Worldclim 2.1

Elevation: SRTM CSI CGIAR

Field
Data

Index
H3 index level 6

labuffalo2
Buffaloes

lacattle20
Cattle

lachicken2
Chicken

lasheep201
Sheep

lagoats201
Goats

lahareaban
banana area ha

lahareabar
barley area ha

lahareabea
bean area ha

lahareacas
cassava area

lahareagro
groundnut area ha

lahareafoo
foodcrops area ha

lahareamai
maize area ha

lahareaoce
other cereal area ha

lahareaopu
other pulses area ha

lahareaort
other rtbs area ha

lahareapot
potato area ha

laharearic
rice area ha

lahareasmi
millet area ha

lahareasor
sorghum area ha

lahareasoy
soybean area ha

lahareawhe
wheat area ha

lahareaswp
sweat potato area ha

laprecann
annual rainfall (1970-2000)

latmax_ann
longterm annual tmax (1970-2000)

latmin_ann
longterm annual tmin (1970-2000)

laworld250
Elevation m a.b.s.l.

Caveats:

Hexagon size can be smaller than actual pixel size like SPAM, values can be lower or higher depending on location and pixel below. Use as indicator of importance not absolute value.