GRID product detail

GBA2000-IMS


TypeWebsite

Duration: January 2000 - on-going

The GBA2000-IMS application informs users of the status of the project. In addition, the user can overlay burnt area maps with other sources of information such as country borders, national park boundaries and a land cover map. The users can zoom in and out, change the background, the month of observation in 2000, as well as download the data and access statitistics. Example from the GBA2000-IMS application, showing burnt areas over African Central Republic, Rep. Dem. of Congo and south of Sudan using: - Burnt areas in January 2000. - TREES layer as background, - National borders and - National Parks boundaries.

Data credit(s): Kevin Tansey (Joint Research Center), Pascal Peduzzi (UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva), Jean-Marie Grégoire (Joint Research Center)

GRID unit: Global Change and Vulnerability

UNEP region: Global

UNEP priorities:  Ecosystems Management Link: http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/preview/ims/gba/index.htm