Variables

Unit

Data type

Source

1

Land surface temperature

Celsius degree

Continuous

MODIS/Aqua/1km/8Days/Version005

2

NDVI

Scaled to (−1:1)

Continuous

SPOT-Vegetation 10-day composite

3

Distance to water points

Meters

Continuous

Feature point layer from survey data

4

Distance to drainage lines

Meters

Continuous

DEM 30 meters (Flow accumulation analysis)

5

Vegetation classes

Categorical

Mongolia’s National Scale Classified Map (1:10,00,000)

6

Soil types

Categorical

Mongolia’s National Scale Classified Map (1:1,000,000)