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This data set, LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001, contains forest cover information for 2001 for all of South America. The data were collected by the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard the Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1) satellite platform and released by the MODIS science team as an image showing percent canopy cover. This information was then reclassified so that all pixels with a percent canopy cover greater than 40% (40% after the 1973 UNESCO standard) were classified as forest (a value of 1), and all other pixels were classified as non-forest (a value of 2). Water features were given a value of 3. This data has a pixel resolution of 500 meters and is unprojected with the WGS-1984 datum (Hansen et al. 2006). There is one GeoTIFF data file for this data set.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent
N: 13.6922 S: -56.4548 E: -34.2236 W: -86.3842
Geographic Region
SOUTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
c2768939449-ornl_cloud
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated

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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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WALKER, R. T., & QI, J. (2011). LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001. ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1056 Date Accessed: 2025-07-31

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Data set documentation PDF.
USER'S GUIDE ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

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