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Land Use/Land Cover Data Access and Tools

NASA data range from global assessments of snow cover albedo to food insecurity cropland extent measurements. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Commonly Used Land Cover/Crop Extent Data at a Glance

Spatial ResolutionSpatial CoverageTemporal ResolutionTemporal CoverageSpectral ResolutionSatellite/
Platform		Sensor(s)/ Model NameObservation or ModelFile Format
500 mGlobal1-2 days2001-202136 bands ranging from 0.4 µm to 14.4 µmTerra and AquaMODISObservationHDF-EOS
30 m, 90 m, 1 kmRegional datasetsMulti-year2007-2016
(varies)		VariesDerived from Landsat dataGFSADObservationGeoTIFF
30 mGlobalYearly2001-2019VariesDerived from Landsat dataGLanCEObservationGeoTIFF

Land Use/Land Cover Datasets

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
NACP Integrated Wildland and Cropland 30-m Fuel Characteristics Map, U.S.A., 2010 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 49.79 S: 26.52 E: -67.96 W: -126.46

BigTIFF
NACP MsTMIP: Global and North American Driver Data for Multi-Model Intercomparison 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1700-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 89.75 S: -78.25 E: 179.95 W: -178.75

netCDF-4 classic
NACP NAFD Project: Forest Disturbance Intensity for CONUS from Landsat, 1986-2015 1 LANDSAT MULTI-SPECTRAL 1986-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 51.68 S: 22.69 E: -65.2 W: -128.03

COG
NACP North American Forest Dynamics Project: Forest Disturbance and Regrowth Data 1 LANDSAT-5 MSS 1984-06-04 to 2009-09-16

N: 49.7924 S: 26.5202 E: -67.9596 W: -126.458

GeoTIFF
NACP Peatland Land Cover Map of Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 2007-2011 1 ALOS, LANDSAT-5 PALSAR 2007-03-01 to 2011-10-01

N: 48.7456 S: 44.5422 E: -82.2881 W: -91.0847

GeoTIFF
NACP Peatland Landcover Type and Wildfire Burn Severity Maps, Alberta, Canada 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2010-06-17 to 2013-07-22

N: 57.2062 S: 56.9053 E: -110.286 W: -114.901

multiple
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V031 031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-01-01 to 2001-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V032 032 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2004-01-01 to 2006-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V031 031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-03-01 to 2001-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V032 032 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2003-12-01 to 2006-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Web-Enabled Landsat Data 5 year Land Cover Land Use Change Product V001 001 LANDSAT-7 ETM+ 2006-04-15 to 2010-11-17

N: 52 S: 23 E: -65 W: -127

HDF4
NOAA-07 AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-7 AVHRR 1981-06-24 to 1985-02-02

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
NOAA-09 AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1985-01-04 to 1988-11-09

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
NOAA-11 AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1988-11-08 to 1995-01-01

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
NOAA-14 AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1995-01-01 to 2000-11-01

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
NOAA-16 AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-16 AVHRR 2000-11-01 to 2008-01-02

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
NOAA-18 AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-18 AVHRR 2005-07-01 to 2010-01-31

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
NOAA19 AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-19 AVHRR 2009-05-31 to 2018-01-31

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version R2022.0 R2022.0 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2017-11-29 to Present

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

netCDF-4
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version R2022.0 R2022.0 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2017-11-29 to Present

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

netCDF-4
NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version 2025.0 2025.0 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2022-11-10 to Present

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

netCDF-4
NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version 2025.0 2025.0 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2022-11-10 to Present

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

netCDF-4
OPERA Land Surface Disturbance Alert from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI 2022-01-01 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
OPERA Land Surface Disturbance Alert from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 provisional product (Version 0) 0 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI 2022-01-01 to 2024-02-26

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
OPERA Land Surface Disturbance Annual from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI 2023-01-01 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
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Featured Land Use/Land Cover Observation Method: Sentinel-1

Sentinel-1 is a European Space Agency (ESA) satellites designed to acquire Earth-observation measurements and carries a C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to provide all-weather, day-and-night imagery of Earth's surface. The platform was launched on April 3, 2014, and images Earth every six days. Sentinel-1 SAR data can reveal the surface roughness of the land, oil and vegetation moisture content, and vegetation density. The dadar data can also be used to determine water surface conditions such as waviness and identify water inundation into inland areas and beneath forest canopies.

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HLS data near Columbus, Nebraska from 2022

HLS: Two Together Better than Two Apart

The purpose of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) project led by IMPACT, is to combine two or more data streams into a single data set and increase their value.

Land Use/Land Cover Data Tools

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RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting
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