Percent Slope for Eastern caribbean

Source: Lauretta Burke and Jon Maidens and contributing authors: Mark Spalding, Philip Kramer, Edmund Green, Suzie Greenhalgh, Hillary Nobles, Johnathan Kool. 2004. Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean.

270 m grid

Percent Slope for Eastern caribbean (270 m grid)

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Originator: World Resources Institute

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Percent Slope for Eastern caribbean (270 m grid)

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Series_Information:

Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States
Publisher: World Resources Institute

Online_Linkage: <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>

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Title:: L. Burke and J. Maidens "Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean," (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)

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Abstract:: Perecent slope (as an integer) for the islands of the eastern caribbean derived at 270 m from a 3-cell-by-3-cell smoothed version of the 90-m resolution U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "Shuttle Radar Topography Mission" (SRTM) provisional data set, 2003
Purpose:: This dataset was developed for the Reefs at Risk Caribbean project.

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Theme_Keyword: slope
Theme_Keyword: elevation

Place:

Place_Keyword: caribbean
Place_Keyword: central america
Place_Keyword: south america
Place_Keyword: north america
Place_Keyword: insular caribbean
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico
Place_Keyword: caribbean sea
Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico
Place_Keyword: western atlantic

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Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

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Address: 10 G Street NE Suite 800
City: Washington DC
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20002
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 729 7775

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org

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