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Irrigation / Agricultural Water Consumption

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Service Description

The GSE Land Irrigation / Agricultural Water Consumption provide information on available water resources for agriculture irrigation, together with estimates of areas at risk of water shortage. Services


Irrigation / agricultural water consumption in the Adour-Garonne catchment
Irrigation / agricultural water consumption in the Adour-Garonne catchment


Access the actual product via the GSE Land geodata server .

Service Specifications

Arable Acreages Map (M3.1) Content Method / Model Test Area Update frequency
Information about basic land use classes in arable areas using medium resolution data (e.g. MERIS) MERIS multitemporal; analysis of biophysical parameters   User-dependant, annual update possible
Performance
Thematic Resolution Thematic Accuracy Geometric Resolution / Scale Min. Mapping Unit Min. Object Width Max. Working Scale
Arable areas, non-arable from CORINE Up to 80% 300m 0,9sqkm    

User testimonial

This downstream product has been delivered to the Adour-Garonne Water Agency (France, Toulouse) in August 2006. The main advantage of the service is the provision of yearly updated maps and the common spatial unit of analysis.

References

Over the past 2 years, Irrigation / Agricultural Water Consumption services have been used and validated by 2 users in 2 European countries. The users have been provided with a total area of 116,554 sqkm covered by these services.

More

For more information on the Irrigation / Agricultural Water Consumption, please view the actual product on the GSE Land geodata server
Download InfoSheet Agricultural Water Consumption(PDF, 867kB)
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