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I have this in an old SDE database:

PROJCS["World_Behrmann",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Behrmann"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

The spatialreference.org postgresql spatial_ref_sys insert statement doesn't have a proj4 value.

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  • It's an ellipsoidal (Lambert) cylindrical equal area with standard parallels at +/-30. – mkennedy Mar 10 '15 at 17:49
  • This handles perhaps your case https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/oracle_ugent/2WUt9HmcrHU. Proj4 string would be then '+proj=cea +lon_0=0 +lat_ts=30 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs' – user30184 Mar 10 '15 at 17:50
  • @user30184: that's what I'm using now. Feel free to add that as an answer. – Jay Cummins Mar 10 '15 at 20:32

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Behrman is special case of cylindrical equal area. There is some information about this as well as a warning about an issue in some old Proj4 versions in this thread http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/oracle_ugent/2WUt9HmcrHU.

Proj4 string to use is

+proj=cea +lon_0=0 +lat_ts=30 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs

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