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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
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

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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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: 2026-04-27

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Divergent global land change scenarios from 2001 to 2019 Peng, Siqi, Zhang, Xiao, Liu, Liangyun Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
Hotspots of Global Water Resource Changes and Their Causes Lu, Jiaxin, Kong, Dongdong, Zhang, Yongqiang, Xie, Yuxuan, Gu, Xihui, Gulakhmadov, Aminjon Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
Global impacts of land use on terrestrial carbon emissions since 1850 Yuan, Xiaodong, Bai, Xiaoyong, Zhou, Zhongfa, Luo, Guangjie, Li, Junhan, Ran, Chen, Zhang, Siri, Xiong, Lian, Liao, Jingjing, Du, Chaochao, Dai, Lei, Li, Zilin, Xue, Yingying, Long, Mingkang, Luo, Qing, Zhang, Xiaoyun, Li, Minghui, Shen, Xiaoqian, Yang, Shu Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
Understanding and predicting the geographic distributions of Wang, Danyang, Hof, Anouschka R., Matson, Kevin D., van Langevelde, Frank, Dvorak, Vit, Mikov, Ognyan, Katerinova, Ivelina, Tchakarova, Simona, Antoniou, Maria, Prudhomme, Jorian, Sereno, Denis, Vergnes, Baptiste, Rahola, Nil, Banuls, Anne-Laure, Jimenez, Maribel, Molina, Ricardo, Gonzalez, Estela, Maia, Carla, Erisoz Kasap, Ozge, Alten, Bulent, Kirstein, Oscar David, Elbaz, Shirli, Bongiorno, Gioia, Gradoni, Luigi, Olgen, Kirami, Berriatua, Eduardo, Munoz-Hernandez, Clara, Iranzo, Jose Risueno, Cutillas, Pedro Perez, Gaglio, Gabriella, Brianti, Emanuele, Ivovic, Vladimir, Adam, Katja, Natal, Sergio, Kniha, Edwin Population Density, Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
Equations to Predict Carbon Monoxide Emissions from Amazon Rainforest Gallup, Sarah M., Ford, Bonne, Naus, Stijn, Gallup, John L., Pierce, Jeffrey R. Population Density, Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
Uncertainty in land use obscures global soil organic carbon stock estimates Gang, Chengcheng, Shi, Hao, Tian, Hanqin, Pan, Shufen, Pan, Naiqing, Xu, Rongting, Wang, Zhuonan, Bian, Zihao, You, Yongfa, Yao, Yuanzhi Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Carbon, Cation Exchange Capacity, Organic Matter, Soil Classification, Soil Chemistry, Soil Bulk Density, Nitrogen, Soil Horizons/Profile, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
Forest expansion dominates China's land carbon sink since 1980 Yu, Zhen, Ciais, Philippe, Piao, Shilong, Houghton, Richard A., Lu, Chaoqun, Tian, Hanqin, Agathokleous, Evgenios, Kattel, Giri Raj, Sitch, Stephen, Goll, Daniel, Yue, Xu, Walker, Anthony, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Jain, Atul K., Liu, Shirong, Zhou, Guoyi Discharge, Soil Depth, Biomass, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Albedo, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Carbon, Respiration Rate, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Runoff, Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
Land-use harmonization datasets for annual global carbon budgets Chini, Louise, Hurtt, George, Sahajpal, Ritvik, Frolking, Steve, Klein Goldewijk, Kees, Sitch, Stephen, Ganzenmuller, Raphael, Ma, Lei, Ott, Lesley, Pongratz, Julia, Poulter, Benjamin Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Compounds, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Agricultural Lands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Soil Chemistry, Soil Classification, Forest Management, Agriculture Production, Landscape Management, Land Use Classes, Land Use Classes
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