Global Forest Resources Assessment

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
GIScCE, South Dakota State University


w096n53


Location


53° N; 96° W
Americas; Canada (Manitoba)
Elevation of the tile center point: 287 m
Water consist 0.2% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Boreal Forests/Taiga biome
Midwestern Canadian Shield forests ecoregion



External information resources


The Degree Confluence Project information



Tile outlines


 Tile outline 10x10km and 20x20km [KMZ]
 Tile outline 10x10km [SHP]
 Tile outline 20x20km [SHP]


Climate and Phenology


Köppen Climate Classification System


Continental, humid, cool summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

23

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

-29

Annual precipitation (mm)

500


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.76

           Monthly NDVI (percent of maximum annual NDVI)




Land Cover Data


MODIS Tree canopy cover



                  Tree canopy cover

         0%

100%


      Tree canopy cover within the tile

mean

54.9%

median

55%

maximum

67%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.0%





 Download MODIS-derived tree canopy cover
    and SRTM water mask [GeoTIF]