Founded in 1962, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) is a Mediterranean intergovernmental organization composed of 13 member states (Albania, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia and Turkey).
The Geoinformation in Environmental Management department of the CIHEAM CHANIA contributed to the establishment of a geospatial database compiling soil and near-surface temperature data from all over the world.
Collaboration between the Hellenic Tourism Organization (EOT), the Data Analysis & Forecasting and Financial Engineering Laboratories of the Technical University of Crete and CIHEAM CHANIA