Table 3 Environmental factor maps in the Brazilian Amazon
Environmental factor | Maps | Description | Coverage | Spatial resolution scale | Download site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vegetation | Vegetation map [62] | Based on the RadamBrasil map, with the land-use classes updated by the SIVAM project | National | 1: 250,000 | |
IBGE vegetation map [63] | Part of the wall maps of IBGE, based on RadamBrasil map with the land-use classes updated by the SIVAM project | National | 1: 5,000,000 | ||
Vegetation physiognomies of Brazil [15] | Map used in the National Communications grouping of the transition classes of the IBGE vegetation map [63] | Regional | 1: 250,000 | ||
Soils | Soil map of Brazil [64] | The soil map used in the new Brazilian system of soil classification of Embrapa and published by IBGE | National | 1: 5,000,000 | |
Soils of legal Amazon [65] | This is an adaptation of the Embrapa/IBGE 2001 soil map [64] | National | 1: 250,000 | ||
Soils [38] | Soil carbon stocks | National | – | – | |
Soil map [66] | Soil maps with particular reference to RAINFOR sites. Basin wide distributions of soils under forest vegetation | Regional | 1: 5,000,000 | – | |
Climate | WorldClim global climate data | WorldClim, uses meteorological field station observations from 1950 to 2000 | Global | – | |
Climate map of Brazil [40] | Thematic map of Brazil, data from 1978 with adaptations in 2002 | National | 1: 5,000,000 | http://www.ibge.gov.br/english/geociencias/default_prod.shtm | |
Elevation | SRTM 90 m (NASA, 2000) | SRTM of 90 m resolution | Global | 90 m | |
SRTM 30 m (TOPODATA) | SRTM of 30 m resolution | Global | 30 m | ||
Topography | Relief map 2002 [39] | Relief map 2002 (Compartimentos do relevo do Brasil—2002) | National | 1: 250,000 | |
Relief units map of Brazil [67] | Thematic map, based on the RadamBrasil Project and improved by the SIVAM project | National | 1: 5,000,000 | ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/informacoes_ambientais/geomorfologia/vetores/brasil/ |