FNOC Elevation (meters), Terrain and Surface Characteristics for Africa

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Africa FNOC Elevation (meters), Terrain and Surface characteristics.

Africa Elevation (meters), Terrain, and Surface Characteristics Dataset
Documentation

Files: AFMAX.IMG Code: 100082-001
AFMIN.IMG 100082-002
AFMOD.IMG 100082-003

Raster Members
The IMG files are in IDRISI format

Africa elevation dataset is part of the revised FNOC elevation,
terrain and surface characteritics. It formed part of the NOAA
project that was developed by the World Data Center-A (WDC-A) for
Solid Earth Geophysics, operated by the U.S. National Geophysical Data
Center (NGDC). The dataset is part of the World Data Bank II provided
on a diskette called The Global Change Data Base. The Data Bank II is
part of larger project called Global Ecosystems Database Project. This
is a cooperation between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), NGDC and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). The National Center for Geographic Information and
Analyses (NCGIA) in Santa Barbara, California joined the project to
assist with training and evaluation. A scale was chosen that
corresponds closely with the resolution of global AVHRR coverage was
chosen to provide compatibility with other scales. All data are
provided in geographic (longitude/latitude) projection. The dataset is
accompanied by an ASCII documentation file which contains information
necessary for use of the dataset in a GIS or other software.

Contact : NGDC, 325 Broadway E/GC, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA

The AFMAX file shows maximum elevation (meters)
The AFMIN file shows minimum elevation (meters)
The AFMOD shows modal elevation (meters)

Reference:

Cuming, Michael J. and Barbara A. Hawkins. TERDAT: The FNOC
System for Terrain Data Extraction and Processing
(1981). Techn. Report MII Project M-254 (2nd Ed.) Prepared for Fleet
Numerical Oceanography Center (Monterey, CA). Published by
Meteorology International Incorporated. Source map : Digitized from
available maps and reprocessed: US Defense Operational Navigation
Charts (ONC), scale 1:1000000; some World Aeronautical Charts and
charts from Jet Navigation.
Publication Date : 1985 Projection :
Lat/Lon Type : Raster

Format : IDRISI