Climate data guide content with tag Vegetation Cover

  • CERES: IGBP Land Classification CERES: IGBP Land Classification

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    The International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP) defines ecosystems surface classifications. The CERES (Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System)10-minute data can be used to derive the land categories. 

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    Land Land Cover Type Vegetation Cover

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  • Historical land-cover changes and land-use conversions global data set by Meiyappan and Jain Historical land-cover changes and land-use conversions global data set by Meiyappan and Jain

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    A set of three estimates of land-cover types and annual transformations of land use are provided on a global 0.5°x0.5° grid at annual timesteps. The longest of the three estimates spans 1770-2010. The three estimates use three different data sets of cropland and pastureland. Common input data sets are of wood harvest and urban land. The three estimates use a consistent…

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    Land Land Cover Type Land Use Conversion Vegetation Cover

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  • LANDSAT LANDSAT

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    "The Landsat Program provides the longest continuous space-based record of Earth’s land in existence. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have collected measurements of Earth’s continents and surrounding coastal regions that have enabled people to study forests, food production, water and land use, ecosystems, geology, and more. The long data record allows scientists to…

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    Biosphere NPP: Net Primary Production Land Land Cover Type Vegetation Cover

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