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MODIS Land Cover (MCD12Q1, Version 6.1)

Annual global land cover type data product (MCD12Q1) using the IGBP Land Cover Type Classification. Derived from combined Terra and Aqua MODIS observations at 500m spatial resolution. Tiles downloaded from LP DAAC LPCLOUD (C2484079608-LPCLOUD), extracted from HDF4 sinusoidal grid, mosaicked and reprojected to WGS84 (EPSG:4326).

Details

Type raster
Global coverage Yes
Datetime 2001-01-01 – 2024-01-01
Temporal type year
Tags modis, land cover, environment, lpdaac
Variable IGBP Land Cover Type Classification
License Not recorded — see the source link

Resources

Name Label Date
modis_landcover_61_2001 2001 2001-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2002 2002 2002-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2003 2003 2003-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2004 2004 2004-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2005 2005 2005-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2006 2006 2006-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2007 2007 2007-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2008 2008 2008-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2009 2009 2009-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2010 2010 2010-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2011 2011 2011-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2012 2012 2012-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2013 2013 2013-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2014 2014 2014-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2015 2015 2015-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2016 2016 2016-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2017 2017 2017-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2018 2018 2018-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2019 2019 2019-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2020 2020 2020-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2021 2021 2021-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2022 2022 2022-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2023 2023 2023-01-01
modis_landcover_61_2024 2024 2024-01-01

Value Mappings

Value Label
0 water
1 evergreen_needleleaf_forest
2 evergreen_broadleaf_forest
3 deciduous_needleleaf_forest
4 deciduous_broadleaf_forest
5 mixed_forest
6 closed_shrublands
7 open_shrublands
8 woody_savannas
9 savannas
10 grasslands
11 permanent_wetlands
12 croplands
13 urban_and_builtup
14 cropland_natural_vegetation_mosaic
15 snow_and_ice
16 barren_or_sparsely_vegetated
254 unclassified
255 fill_value

Citation

Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061