F1 DESCRIPTION:

 

Area equipped for irrigation. The period depicted is approximately 1995 and was derived Doll and Siebert (2000) from a combination of administrative unit and geospatial data. Downloadable file was developed by aggregating the original 5 minute (lat X long) resolution dataset to 30 minute (lat X long) resolution.

 

DOWNLOADABLE FILES:

 

(F1) Irr_area_km2.asc = Gridded field of irrigated land (in km2 per grid cell) at 30 minute (0.5 decimal degree) resolution. Primary source: Döll and Siebert (2000).

 

REFERENCES:

 

Döll, P., Siebert, S. (2000): A digital global map of irrigated areas. ICID Journal, 49(2), 55-66.

 

Additional Links:

 

Irrigation-equipped lands dataset