APPENDIX I 
ARTEMIS Databases: 
Description 
Coverage 
A. Reference databases: 
1. Geographic database Global 
CIA World Database I: coastlines, 
country boundaries, major rivers 
2. Agroclimatological database Africa 
Spatial database of mean annual/ 
mean monthly rainfall; ten-day 
potential évapotranspiration (PET), 
basis on published FAO Agroclimato 
logical Records (developed for FAO 
under contract by the University 
of Bristol) 
3. NOAA vegetation index database 
Composite vegetation index data 
derived from NOAA AVHRR Global 
Area Coverage (GAC) data on ten- 
day and monthly basis for July 1981 
- present (developed by NASA GSFC 
with FAO support) 
4. Desert Locust habitat database West Africa 
Five class ranking of potential 
desert locust habitats in the 
recession area, based on AGPP/ 
AGRT reference materials 
B. Actual Data Databases 
1. Cold cloud duration (CCD) data- Africa/Near East 
base 
(operational) 
cumulated raincloud duration (hrs) 
data on ten-day and monthly basis, 
derived directly by the ARTEMIS 
system 
Africa/Near East 
31 
Africa 
(expansion to 
global coverage 
in progress) 
Size 
6 Mb 
130 Mb 
880 Mb 
2.6 Mb 
75 Mb 
2. Number of rainfall days (NRFD) 
75 Mb