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Description

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) archives and distributes Global Forest Cover Change (GFCC) data products through the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program. The GFCC Forest Cover Change Multi-Year Global dataset provides estimates of changes in forest cover from 1990 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2005 at 30 meter spatial resolution. The GFCC30FCC product represents a global record of fine-scale changes in forest dynamics between observation periods. The forest cover change product was generated from the GFCC Tree Cover (GFCC30TC) product which is based on Global Land Survey (GLS) data acquired by the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensors.

Each forest cover product has two GeoTIFF files associated with it; a change map file and a change probability file. Data follow the Worldwide Reference System-2 tiling scheme. Additional details regarding the methodology used to create the data are available in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD).

Version Description

This is version one of the Global Forest Cover Change dataset.

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-7,
LANDSAT-5,
Terra
Instruments
ETM+,
TM,
ASTER,
MODIS
Spatial Extent
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Spatial Resolution
30 Meters x 30 Meters
Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01 to 2004-12-31
Temporal Resolution
5 Year
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)
Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland (UMD/GLCF)
Concept ID
C2763259410-LPCLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Forest Harvesting and Engineering

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Townshend, J. (2016). Global Forest Cover Change (GFCC) Forest Cover Change Multi-Year Global 30 m V001 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/GFCC/GFCC30FCC.001 Date Accessed: 2025-11-01

File Naming Convention

p025r034_FCC_20002005_CM.tif

The file name begins with the WRS-2 Path and Row (p025r034) followed by the abbreviated Short Name (FCC), epoch range formatted as YYYYyyyy (20002005), Variable (CM), and the Data Format (tif).

Documents

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Inland water body mapping using multitemporal Sentinel-1 SAR data Marzi, D.
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Variables

Variables are a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics or behavior of something. For example, temperature and pressure are variables of the atmosphere. Parameters and variables can be used interchangeably. Variable level attributes provide individual information for each variable.

The Name in this table is the variable name. Fill value indicates missing or undefined data points in a variable. Valid range is the range of values the variable can store. Scale factor is used to increase or decrease the size of an object and can be used to correct for distortion. For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor
CM Forest Cover Change Map N/A int8 0 0 to 99 N/A
CP Forest Cover Change Probability Percent float32 255 255 to 100 N/A
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