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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBA Regional Historical Croplands, 5-min, 1900-1992 (Ramankutty and Foley) | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1900-01-01 to 1992-12-31 |
N: 5 S: -18 E: -35 W: -80 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Hydrographic Data, 1-Degree, Release 2.2 (Cogley) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-Degree, 1987 (Defries and Townshend) | 1 | NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 | AVHRR | 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (Hansen et al.) | 1 | NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-11 | AVHRR | 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, Version 1.2 (IGBP) | 1 | NOAA-11 | AVHRR | 1992-04-01 to 1993-03-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 8-km, 1984 (DeFries et al.) | 1 | NOAA-10, NOAA-9, NOAA-11 | AVHRR | 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Tree Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (DeFries et al.) | 1 | NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 | AVHRR | 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA Regional Vegetation and Soils, 1-Degree (Wilson and Henderson-Sellers) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1900-01-01 to 1999-12-31 |
N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO CD-06 Ji-Parana River Basin Land Use and Land Cover Map, Brazil: 1999 | 1 | LANDSAT-7 | ETM+ | 1999-07-30 to 2001-10-16 |
N: -8.0333 S: -12.9269 E: -60.015 W: -63.4153 |
Shapefile | |
| LBA-ECO CD-36 South American Land Data Assimilation System Atmospheric Forcing Data | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-01-01 to 2004-12-31 |
N: 11.9375 S: -48.8125 E: -33.9375 W: -82.9375 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-01 Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+ Imagery, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: 1973-2002 | 1 | LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 | MSS, ETM+, TM | 1973-02-07 to 2002-09-12 |
N: 0.9495 S: -2.3979 E: -74.4006 W: -78.2831 |
Shapefile | |
| LBA-ECO LC-01 Landsat TM Land Use/Land Cover, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: 1986-1999 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-08-23 to 1999-11-15 |
N: -0.0033 S: -0.8049 E: -76.5017 W: -77.1272 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-02 Hot Pixel Fire Indicator Data for Tri-national MAP Region: 2003-2006 | 1 | NOAA-12, GOES-12 | AVHRR, MODIS | 2003-01-01 to 2006-12-31 |
N: -0.6667 S: -22.3833 E: -57.7933 W: -81.2833 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO LC-03 Hypsography, Rivers, Roads, and DEM, Four Areas across Brazilian Amazon | 1 | MAPS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS | DIGITIZER | 1974-01-01 to 1978-01-01 |
N: -2.0017 S: -10.5014 E: -54.4989 W: -68.5008 |
Shapefile | |
| LBA-ECO LC-03 SAR Images, Land Cover, and Biomass, Four Areas across Brazilian Amazon | 1 | RADARSAT-1, JERS-1 | SAR, DIGITIZER | 1974-01-01 to 1998-06-18 |
N: -2.0017 S: -10.5014 E: -54.4989 W: -68.5008 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-04 Satellite/Census-Based 5-Minute Land Use Data, Amazonia: 1980 and 1995 | 1 | MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS | Computer, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1995-01-01 to 1995-01-01 |
N: 6 S: -21 E: -45 W: -80 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-07 Monthly Inundated Areas, Amazon, Orinoco and Pantanal Basins: 1978-1987 | 1 | Nimbus-7 | SMMR | 1978-12-01 to 1987-08-31 |
N: 10 S: -21 E: -35 W: -80 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin | 2 | JERS-1 | SAR | 1995-09-01 to 1996-06-30 |
N: 6 S: -21.0024 E: -50 W: -80 |
GeoTIFF | |
| LBA-ECO LC-08 Soil, Vegetation, and Land Cover Maps for Brazil and South America | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | DIGITIZER | 1981-01-01 to 1991-12-31 |
N: 12.4713 S: -34.8444 E: -30 W: -81.3572 |
GeoTIFF | |
| LBA-ECO LC-09 Soil Composition and Structure in the Brazilian Amazon: 1992-1995 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | CORING DEVICES, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31 |
N: -2.5 S: -4 E: -51 W: -54 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO LC-09 Vegetation Composition and Structure in the Brazilian Amazon: 1992-1995 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE | 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: -1 S: -1.4 E: -53.52 W: -53.8 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO LC-10 Landsat TM Data for Legal Amazon: 1986-1994 | 1 | LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 | TM | 1986-09-21 to 1994-09-17 |
N: 5.23 S: -19.68 E: -42.59 W: -75.18 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-10 Orthorectified Landsat ETM+ Data for Legal Amazon: 1999-2001 | 1 | LANDSAT-7 | ETM+ | 1999-07-08 to 2001-11-13 |
N: 5.25 S: -24.01 E: -43.83 W: -73.65 |
Shapefile | |
| LBA-ECO LC-14 Modeled Deforestation Scenarios, Amazon Basin: 2002-2050 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2002-01-01 to 2050-12-31 |
N: 12.98 S: -55.77 E: -34.29 W: -81.86 |
multiple | |
| LBA-ECO LC-15 Vegetation Cover Types from MODIS, 1-km, Amazon Basin: 2000-2001 | 1 | Terra | MODIS | 2000-10-31 to 2001-12-09 |
N: 13.6944 S: -21.1273 E: -34.2214 W: -82.7208 |
Shapefile |
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