WaPOR global database version 3.0 was launched during the Rome Water Dialogue
FAO Headquarters (Plenary Hall) and online | 4 October 2023, 10.00 am – 11.30 am CEST
Hybrid Event, 04/10/2023
WaPOR, FAO's portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data, is migrating to the FAO Hand in Hand platform and will feature data obtained through an updated methodology (version 3.0).
The WaPOR portal, with support from The Netherlands, has been freely providing users with near real time data (every 10 days) since 2017. Data on water productivity and other related variables lend themselves to a variety of uses such as irrigation scheduling advise for farmers, monitoring and improving agricultural production, water accounting, irrigation performance assessment, drought monitoring, assistance for transhumance, among others.
Since then, the data has been continuously improved, and a participatory methodology review process has provided the opportunity to collectively prioritize improvements of WaPOR.
WaPOR v3.0 features the Level 1 data (300m resolution) going global. This allows the easy evaluation of actual evapotranspiration, biomass production and water productivity in any agricultural area in the world. Furthermore, the new version uses datasets with higher spatial and temporal resolution, complementary data to allow higher quality time-series and a new cloud mask procedure that helps increase data quality and usability in agricultural applications.
Check the dedicated page for version 3.0 to discover more improvements >>>
The FAO Land and Water Division is pleased to invite you to the launch of WaPOR 3.0 to discover the new database and its improvements, get introduced to the new portal and its features and learn about applications and user's experiences. WaPOR database version 3.0 will be launched on 4 October 2023 during the Rome Water Dialogue at FAO Headquarters. The event will start at 9:30 am CEST in the Plenary Hall at FAO headquarters and online.
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