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ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) IGBP Land Cover, 2000-2001

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Land Use/Land Cover Classification,Land Use Classes,Vegetation Cover,Albedo

modis_landcover_xdeg_968

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/968

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

Shapefile

Dataset Size

3.157 MB

Spatial Extent

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

Location

GLOBAL

Temporal Extent

2000-10-01 to 2001-10-01

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

This data set, ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) IGBP Land Cover, 2000-2001, contains global land cover classifications (dominant type, classification confidence and fractional cover) generated using a full year of MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data covering the period from October 2000 to October 2001. The objective of the MODIS Land Cover Product is to provide a suite of land cover types useful to global system science modelers by exploiting the information content of MODIS data in the spectral, temporal, spatial, and directional domains. These products describe the geographic distribution of the 17 land cover classification scheme proposed by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP).

Product Summary

Platforms

Terra

Instruments

MODIS

Spatial Extent

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

Location

GLOBAL

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

2000-10-01 to 2001-10-01

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2784890070-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2010-02-25

Updated

2023-10-15

Science Keywords

Land Use/Land Cover Classification ,

Land Use Classes ,

Vegetation Cover ,

Albedo

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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Friedl, M. A., Strahler, A. H., Hodges, J., Hall, F. G., Collatz, G. J., Meeson, B. W., Los, S. O., Brown de Colstoun, E., & Landis, D. R. (2010). ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) IGBP Land Cover, 2000-2001 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/968 Date Accessed: 2026-05-30

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Tundra shrubification and tree-line advance amplify arctic climate warming: results from an individual-based dynamic vegetation model	2013	Zhang, Wenxin, Miller, Paul A, Smith, Benjamin, Wania, Rita, Koenigk, Torben, Doscher, Ralf	Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Vegetation Cover, Albedo
The Unified North American Soil Map and its implication on the soil organic carbon stock in North America	2013	Liu, S., Wei, Y., Post, W. M., Cook, R. B., Schaefer, K., Thornton, M. M.	Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Vegetation Cover, Albedo