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Summary
ABSTRACT:

The "Africa Real Time Environmental Monitoring Information
System (ARTEMIS)" is part of the FAO's use of satellite remote
sensing techniques to improve the surveillance and forecasting
capabilities of its Global Information and Early Warning System
(GIEWS). ARTEMIS was developed as a result of close technical
cooperation between the FAO ... and the NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, and the
National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands. Since August
1988, the ARTEMIS system has been delivering the following
products on a routine basis: ten-day and monthly cold cloud
duration maps for the continent of Africa and the Near East
(resolution 7.6 km); ten-day and monthly estimated rainfall maps
for the Southern Sahara, the Sahel, Sudan, and the tropical
countries of West Africa (resolution 7.6 km); ten-day and
monthly composite vegetation index maps for Africa, and the Near
East.

In addition to these databases, ARTEMIS contains a ten-year
vegetation index archive on a ten-day and monthly basis,
developed jointly by NASA GSFC and the FAO Remote Sensing
Centre. This archive allows for early assessment of current crop
growing conditions by comparison with known situations in the
past.
LANGUAGE:

English
ACCESS/AVAILABILITY:

ARTEMIS data products are available in photographic and digital
formats. Analyzed infomation is communicated in bulletins and
publications of Global Information and Early Warning System
(GIEWS) and Emergency Centre for Locust Operations (ECLO) of FAO.

For making ARTEMIS data available in a timely manner to users,
more and more use is currently being made of electronic mail.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 40.0

S: -35.0

E: 60.0

W: -20.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1982-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 7km Longitude Resolution: 7km Temporal Resolution: 10 days Latitude Resolution: 1km Longitude Resolution: 1km Temporal Resolution: 10 days

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY > CLOUD COVER ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN > RAINFALL BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE BIOTA

Project

ARTEMIS > UN/FAO Africa Real Time Environmental Monitoring Using Imaging Satellites

Ancillary Keywords

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY CLOUD COVER FOOD LAND AND FRESHWATER RESOURCES LOCUSTS RAINFALL VEGETATION

Originating Center

FAO

Data Center

METART, Environment, Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Data Center URL: http://metart.fao.org Data Center Personnel Name: JELLE U. HIELKEMA Phone: +39 06 57055589 Fax: +39 06 57053369 Email: Jelle.Hielkema at fao.org Contact Address: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla City: Rome Postal Code: 00100 Country: Italy

Personnel

JELLE U. HIELKEMA Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +39 06 57055589 Fax: +39 06 57053369 Email: Jelle.Hielkema at fao.org Contact Address: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla City: Rome Postal Code: 00100 Country: Italy ARTEMIS Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +39 06 57051 Fax: +39 06 57053369 Email: Artemis at fao.org Contact Address: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla City: Rome Postal Code: 00100 Country: Italy

Related URL

Link: GET RELATED DATA SET METADATA (DIF)

Publications/References
SOURCE REFERENCES:

Hielkema, Jelle U. (n.d.) Operational Environmental Satellite
Remote Sensing for Food Security and Locust Control by FAO: The
ARTEMIS and DIANA Systems. Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-06-04

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