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Description

The NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Global Food Security Support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Crop Mask Global 1 kilometer (km) dataset was created using multiple input data including: remote sensing such as Landsat, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Satellite Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) vegetation and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS); secondary elevation data; climate 50-year precipitation and 20-year temperature data; reference submeter to 5 meter resolution ground data and country statistics data.

The GFSAD1KCM provides spatial distribution of a disaggregated five class global cropland extent map derived for nominal 2010 at 1 km based on four major studies: Thenkabail et al. (2009a, 2011), Pittman et al. (2010), Yu et al. (2013), and Friedl et al. (2010). The GFSAD1KCM nominal 2010 product is based on data ranging from years 2007 through 2012.

Known Issues

  • See Section 3.0 of the GFSAD 1 km User Guide.

Version Description

This is version one of the Global Food Security Support Analysis Data.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra,
NOAA-7,
NOAA-9,
NOAA-11,
NOAA-14,
LANDSAT-5,
LANDSAT-7
Instruments
MODIS,
AVHRR,
TM,
ETM+
Spatial Extent
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Spatial Resolution
1000 Meters x 1000 Meters
Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2007-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Temporal Resolution
6 Year
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)
Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI/USGS/WGSC)
Concept ID
C2763261632-LPCLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Vegetation Cover,
Cropland

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.

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Teluguntla, P., Thenkabail, P., Xiong, J., Gumma, M., Giri, C., Milesi, C., Ozdogan, M., Congalton, R., Tilton, J., Sankey, T., Massey, R., Phalke, A., & Yadav, K. (2016). NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Global Food Security Support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Crop Mask 2010 Global 1 km V001 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/GFSAD/GFSAD1KCM.001 Date Accessed: 2025-11-03

File Naming Convention

GFSAD1KCM.2010.001.2016348142550.tif

File name begins with Product Short Name (GFSAD1KCM) followed by the Year of Acquisition (2010), Version (001), Julian Date and Time of Processing as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2016348142550), and the Data Format (tif).

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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
Crop Mask Crop mask class N/A uint8 0 0 to 9 N/A
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