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Description

This dataset, referred to as LUH2-GCB2019, includes 0.25-degree gridded, global maps of fractional land-use states, transitions, and management practices for the period 0850-2019. The LUH2-GCB2019 dataset is an update to the previous Land-Use Harmonization Version 2 (LUH2-GCB) datasets prepared as required input to land models in the annual Global Carbon Budget (GCB) assessments, including land-use change data relating to agricultural expansion, deforestation, wood harvesting, shifting cultivation, afforestation, and crop rotations. Compared with previous LUH2-GCB datasets, the LUH2-GCB2019 takes advantage of new data inputs that corrected cropland and grazing areas in the globally important region of Brazil, as far back as 1950. LUH2-GCB datasets are used by bookkeeping models and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) for the GCB.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Projects
Vegetation
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
0850-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2756847743-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Forest Management ,
Agriculture Production ,
Landscape Management ,
Land Use Classes ,
Land Use Classes

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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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Chini, L. P., Hurtt, G. C., Sahajpal, R., Frolking, S., Goldewijk, K. K., Sitch, S., Pongratz, J., Poulter, B., Ma, L., & Ott, L. (2021). LUH2-GCB2019: Land-Use Harmonization 2 Update for the Global Carbon Budget, 850-2019 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1851 Date Accessed: 2026-10-08

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