Hi Kumar, maybe this helps or is a starter:
"The most detailed and recent maps of global scope are the Global Land Cover Characteristics database, v 2.0 (GLCC, Loveland et al. 2000) that comprises up to 6 wetland types (‘Wooded Wet Swamp’, ‘Rice Paddy and Field’, ‘Inland Water’, ‘Mangrove’, ‘Mire, Bog, Fen’, ‘Marsh Wetland’) ... " 1 km nominal resolution. Loveland, T. R., B. C. Reed, J. F. Brown, D. O. Ohlen, J. Zhu, L. Yang, and J. W. Merchant. 2000. Development of a Global Land Cover Characteristics Database and IGBP DISCover from 1-km AVHRR Data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21:1303-1330. http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/glcc.php Köchy, M., and A. Freibauer (2011) Review of existing soil carbon inventories globally, for the tropics, permafrost regions, and wetlands; with an assessment of accuracy. COCOS Report D4.3b. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig. 24 pp. http://www.cocos-carbon.org/docs/D4.3b%20Soil%20carbon%20inventories.pdf Martin Am 2013-12-12 um 17:56 schrieb Kumar Mainali: > I am looking for shapefile or high resolution raster products of rice fields > in South-East Asia. Any information about availability of such layers is > appreciated. > > - Kumar Mainali > > -- > Section of Integrative Biology > University of Texas at Austin > Austin, Texas 78712, USA ----| http://sci.martinkoechy.de | [email protected] |---- Dr. Martin Köchy (Koechy) ℡ +49 531 596-5324 ℻ +49 531 596-5399 vCard: http://sci.martinkoechy.de/Koechy.vcf Thünen Institut für Marktanalyse (TI-MA) Thünen Institute of Market Analysis Bundesallee 50 * 38116 Braunschweig * GERMANY http://www.ti.bund.de/de/startseite/institute/ma.html --------------------------\ Projects /--------------------------- MACSUR: http://macsur.eu (executive coordinator), @faccemacsur GLOWA Jordan River: http://www.glowa-jordan-river.de COCOS: http://www.cocos-carbon.org
