| Content Citation | ||
| Title of Content: | Weekly Central America Hazards/Benefits Assessment | |
| Type of Content: | Downloadable Data | |
| Content Publisher: | Angel Bennett - NOAA Climate Prediction Center (angel.m.bennett@noaa.gov) | |
| Publication Date: | Weekly Assessment begining on the date on the file. | |
| Content Description | ||
| Content Summary: The Climate Prediction Center undertakes a weekly analysis over Central America for Food Security purposes in support of the United States Angency for International Development's (USAID) Mesoamerican Food Security Early Warning System (MFEWS). cold, extreme_event, drought, mid_dry, shortdry, flood, wildfires are all based on food security in Central America and not exclusively climate variability. Shapefiles are only included if they are relevant for that week. For detailed description of each area, please check here: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/fews/central_america/hazards.shtml | ||
| Content Purpose: Weekly Monitoring. | ||
| Time Period of Content | ||
| Date: | Seven Days begining with the date timestamped on the zipped file name. | |
| Content Status | ||
| Progress: | Weekly Hazards Assessment | |
| Update Frequency: | Updated daily. | |
| Spatial Domain | ||
| West Coordinate: | 95.000000W | |
| East Coordinate: | 75.000000W | |
| North Coordinate: | 20.000000N | |
| South Coordinate: | 7.000000N | |
| Content Keywords | ||
| Theme Keywords: | NOAA/CPC Weekly Humanitarian Food Security Hazards/Benefits Assessment for Central America | |
| Spatial Data Information | ||
| Data Type: | vector digital data | |
| Data Format: | Shapefile | |
| Data Projection:
Resolution: |
Geographic
The shapefile is manually drawn. |
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| Access and Usage Information | ||
| Access Constraints: | Public data. | |
| Use Constraints: | Public data. | |