Production of the Bioclimatic Maps for the Arab WorldUsing Satellite Data

Abstract

This research is based on the principle that bioclimatic classifications are based on the availability of data on factors that directly or indirectly affect agriculture. The research mainly aims at dividing the Arab world based on data such as (thermal conditions, solar radiation, drought index, length of growth period (LGP), soil moisture system, terrain shapes, and average precipitation) to prepare maps of bioclimatic divisions as a basis for spatial planning. In the research, the most important factors mentioned above were collected to produce maps of bioclimatic divisions in order to assist the decision-maker in planning agricultural patterns and land uses. With the basic units of soils (spatial analysis of the data), as a result, a map was produced that includes forty-nine bioclimatic divisions covering the Arab world.