/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: Azócar, Guillermo; Brenning, Alexander; Bodin, Xavier (2016): Permafrost Favorability Index Map (PFI) for the Chilean Semi-Arid Andes. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859332, Supplement to: Azócar, G et al. (2016): Permafrost Distribution Modeling in the Semi-Arid Chilean Andes. The Cryosphere, 11, 877-890, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2016-100 Abstract: The Permafrost Favorability Index (PFI) map for the Chilean Semi-Arid Andes (29°S-32°S) indicates where permafrost is likely to occur (resolution 30 m x 30 m). The predicted favorability of permafrost occurrence ranges between 0 and 1, where high PFI values indicate most favorable environmental conditions for permafrost existence and low values indicates that permafrost will be present in exceptional circumstances with favorable local conditions. Conditions highly favorable to permafrost presence (PFI > 0.75) are predicted for 1051 km² of mountain terrain, or 2.7 % of the total area of the watersheds studied. Favorable conditions are expected to occur in 2636 km², or 6.8% of the area. Especially the Elqui and Huasco watersheds in the northern half of the study area where a substantial surface portion (11.8 % each) was considered to be favorable for permafrost presence, while predicted favorable areas in the southern Limarí and Choapa watersheds are mostly limited to specific sub-watersheds. Coverage: MEDIAN LATITUDE: -30.500000 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -70.900000 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -32.000000 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -70.900000 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -29.000000 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -70.900000 Event(s): Chilean_Semi-Arid_Andes * LATITUDE START: -29.000000 * LONGITUDE: -70.900000 * LOCATION: South America, Chile Comment: Raster files are saved in SAGA format (.sgrd) and vector file as Shapefile. All data are projected in WGS84 UTM 19 South. Parameter(s): File name (File name) File size [kByte] (File size) Description (Description) Uniform resource locator/link to file (URL file) * PI: Azócar, Guillermo (gmoazocar@gmail.com) License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-SA-3.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) Size: 32 data points */ File name File size [kByte] Description URL file maat_part2.rar 53772 Regionalization of Mean Annual Air Temperature (MAAT) for the climate period of 1981-2010 at the Chilean sem-arid Andes, part 2 http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d006 maat_part1.rar 92160 Regionalization of Mean Annual Air Temperature (MAAT) for the climate period of 1981-2010 at the Chilean sem-arid Andes, part 1 http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d005 cpisr_part04.rar 24360 Regionalization of Potential Solar Radiation (CPSR) for the Chilean semi-arid Andes, part 4 http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d004 cpisr_part03.rar 92160 Regionalization of Potential Solar Radiation (CPSR) for the Chilean semi-arid Andes, part 3 http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d003 cpisr_part02.rar 92160 Regionalization of Potential Solar Radiation (CPSR) for the Chilean semi-arid Andes, part 2 http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d002 cpisr_part01.rar 92160 Regionalization of Potential Solar Radiation (CPSR) for the Chilean semi-arid Andes, part 1 http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d001 pfi.rar 15140 Spatial result of Permafrost Favorability Index (PFI) map for the Chilean sem-arid Andes http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d007 rgl_andes.rar 176 Inventory of rock glaciers for the Chilean semi-arid Andes http://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47492.d008