## 8 Conclusions
This study was sponsored by the CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) under the supervision and coordination of the consortium formed by the companies ERN (Mexico City, Mexico) and RED (Pavia, Italy), supported by Ticinum Aerospace (Pavia, Italy). Ticinum Aerospace, a spin-off Company from the University of Pavia, provided consultancy on satellite Earth observation, and carried out analysis and processing of satellite data. The authors appreciate the collaboration made in some parts of this study by [PERSON], [PERSON], and [PERSON] from the Institute of Engineering of UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), in Mexico City, Mexico; they also acknowledge the useful discussions with Prof. [PERSON] at UNAM and Prof. [PERSON] at IUSS (Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori) in Pavia, Italy. [PERSON] coordinated the writing of the paper, conceived the fusion method, and provided advice on satellite data processing. [PERSON] coordinated the experiments and provided advice. [PERSON] developed the mapping method for defining homogeneous areas and carried out the data selection, ingestion, processing besides building geospatial products. [PERSON] developed the agro-climatic mapping method and performed data fusion to generate the final results. The authors declare no conflict of interest. The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript: \begin{tabular}{l l} DAAC & Distributed Active Archive Center \\ EOS & Corine Land Cover \\ EOS & Earth Observing System \\ EOSDIS & Earth Observing System Data and Information System \\ FAO & Food and Agriculture Organization \\ FTP & Functional Type Plant \\ GIS & Geographic Information System \\ GMES & Global Monitoring for Environment and Security \\ IGBP & International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme \\ LAADS & Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System \\ LAI & Leaf Area Index \\ MODIS & Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer \\ NASA & National Aeronautics and Space Administration \\ \end{tabular}   
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