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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) data product provides cropland extent data over North America for nominal year 2010 at 30 meter resolution (GFSAD30NACE). The monitoring of global cropland extent is critical for policymaking and provides important baseline data that are used in many agricultural cropland studies pertaining to water sustainability and food security. The GFSAD30NACE data product uses a combination of the pixel-based supervised classifier, Random Forest (RF), and the object-oriented classifier, Recursive Hierarchical Image Segmentation (RHSEG). The classifiers retrieve cropland extent from a combination of Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data and elevation derived from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Version 3 data products. Each GFSAD30NACE GeoTIFF file contains a cropland extent layer that defines areas of cropland, non-cropland, and water bodies over a 10° by 10° area.

Known Issues

  • Known issues, including constraints and limitations, are provided on page 39 of the ATBD.

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-7 ,
DEM ,
LANDSAT-5
Instruments
ETM+ ,
TM
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -0.001078 E: 1.928773 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
30 Meters x 30 Meters
Location
NORTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2008-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Temporal Resolution
8 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
C2763261670-LPCLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
92
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Crop/Plant Yields ,
Land Use Classes ,
Landscape Patterns ,
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.

Copy Citation

Massey, R., Sankey, T., Yadav, K., Congalton, R., Tilton, J., & Thenkabail, P. (2017). NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2010 North America 30 m V001 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/GFSAD/GFSAD30NACE.001 Date Accessed: 2026-02-15

File Naming Convention

GFSAD30NACE_2010_N30W110_001_2017274094200.tif

File name begins with Product Short Name (GFSAD30NACE) followed by the Year of Acquisition (2010), the latitude and longitude of the lower left corner of the tile (N30W110), Version (001), Julian Date and Time of Processing as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2017274094200), and the Data Format (tif).

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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

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Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor
Band 1 Cropland Extent for North America defined with three classes N/A uint8 N/A 0 to 2 N/A
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