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Land Use/Land Cover Classification Data Access and Tools
Land Use/Land Cover Classification Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISLSCP II Global Gridded Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 1990 | 1 | Terra | MODIS | 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II Global Population of the World | 1 | Terra | MODIS | 1990-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II Historical Croplands Cover, 1700-1992 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra | LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, MODIS, AVHRR | 1700-01-01 to 1992-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II Historical Land Cover and Land Use, 1700-1990 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, NOAA-14 | STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR | 1700-01-01 to 1990-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II IGBP DISCover and SiB Land Cover, 1992-1993 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra | STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II Land and Water Masks with Ancillary Data | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II Leaf Area Index (LAI) from Field Measurements, 1932-2000 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra | STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR | 1932-01-01 to 2000-12-31 |
N: 71.3 S: -54.5 E: 172.75 W: -156.67 |
CSV | |
| ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) IGBP Land Cover, 2000-2001 | 1 | Terra | MODIS | 2000-10-01 to 2001-10-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II Monthly Snow-Free Albedo, 1982-1998, and Background Soil Reflectance | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, NOAA-14 | STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR | 1982-01-01 to 1998-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II NOAA 5-year Average Monthly Snow-free Albedo from AVHRR | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra | STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR | 1985-04-01 to 1991-03-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| ISLSCP II Potential Natural Vegetation Cover | 1 | NOAA-14, Terra, FIELD INVESTIGATION | AVHRR, MODIS | 1992-04-01 to 1993-04-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII | |
| ISLSCP II University of Maryland Global Land Cover Classifications, 1992-1993 | 1 | NOAA-12 | AVHRR | 1992-04-01 to 1993-03-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Shapefile | |
| JERS-1 Level 0 Product | 1 | JERS-1 | SAR | 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| JERS-1 Level 1 Product | 1 | JERS-1 | SAR | 1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Land Cover and Land Use Classification for the State of New Hampshire, 1996-2001 | 1 | LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 | ETM+, TM | 1996-07-22 to 2001-12-01 |
N: 45.305 S: 42.6947 E: -70.6608 W: -72.5931 |
GeoTIFF | |
| Land Cover and Vegetation Map, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | 1 | LANDSAT, HELICOPTER, FIELD SURVEYS, DEM | TM, CAMERA, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer | 1982-06-01 to 1993-08-31 |
N: 70.7117 S: 68.8981 E: -140.322 W: -147.051 |
GeoTIFF | |
| Land Cover and Vegetation Map Collection for Seward Peninsula, Alaska | 1 | COMPUTERS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, LANDSAT | Computer, CAMERAS, MSS | 1976-06-01 to 1999-09-01 |
N: 66.9519 S: 63.9658 E: -159.19 W: -168.542 |
multiple | |
| Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 V1(LANDMET) at GES DISC | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | |
| Land Use and Cover Maps from Landsat, Mawas, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1994-2019 | 1 | LANDSAT-8, Models, LANDSAT-5 | OLI, Computer, TM | 1994-01-01 to 2019-12-31 |
N: -2.16208 S: -2.56094 E: 114.648 W: 114.356 |
GeoTIFF | |
| Land Use and Land Cover Change Projection in the ABoVE Domain | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 2015-01-01 to 2100-12-31 |
N: 80 S: 49 E: -81 W: -169 |
netCDF-4 | |
| LANDMET Ancillary ISCCP Surface Type Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_ST) at GES DISC | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | |
| LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Effective and Spectral Albedo Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_TESA) at GES DISC | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | |
| LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Thermal Effective Infrared and Microwave Emissivity Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_TEIME) at GES DISC | 1 | LANDMET | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | |
| LBA Regional Carbon in Live Vegetation, 0.5-degree (Olson) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1960-01-01 to 1980-01-01 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
Binary |
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