FAO WaPOR
FAO WaPOR
FAO's WaPOR (water productivity through remote sensing) programme publishes satellite-derived maps of evapotranspiration, land cover, biomass production and water productivity via a keyless catalogue/data API (data.apps.fao.org).
Required Attribution:
Required under CC BY 4.0. The terms page specifies a citation format: “FAO. [YYYY (year of last update)]. [Name of database: Name of dataset OR Name of database]. [Accessed on [DD Month YYYY]]. [URL] Licence: CC-BY-4.0.”
Coverage
Water productivity and evapotranspiration data layers over Africa and the Near East at continental/national (100 m) and sub-basin (20 m) resolution, plus, per the provider page, "the global level (300m resolution) that covers the entire globe". FAO's "Database history" page says the beta version of the database was "released on WaPOR portal on April 20 2017", with later versions including Version 1.0 (released June 2018) and Version 3.0 (launched 4 October 2023, making Level-1 data global). A single catalogue-wide update cadence is Not stated because layer periodicities vary.
Verdict
Keyless catalogue/data API for FAO's WaPOR satellite-derived water-productivity and evapotranspiration maps. Licensed CC-BY-4.0: the FAO corporate statistical database terms page says: "Unless specified otherwise in their metadata or webpage, all datasets disseminated through FAO corporate statistical databases (see examples in Annex 1) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)" and its Annex 1 example list includes WaPOR ("Hand-in-Hand (HiH) Geospatial Platform WaPOR World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic" resources). Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.
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