FAOCLIM is a CD-ROM from the Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment group which contains world-wide agroclimatic data. The CD-ROM, now in version 2.0, covers monthly data for 28100 stations, for up to 14 observed and computed agroclimatic parameters. It includes both long-term averages (1961-90) and time series for rainfall and temperatures.
The data are accessed using two pieces of software:
-FAOCLIM proper, to select data by geographic area, time period and parameter, and export them for processing by other software packages;
-GeoContext, a user-friendly programme to visualise the information in map and graph form.
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