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MODIS
Land Cover Products
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Available
at:
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http://edcimswww.cr.usgs.gov/pub/imswelcome
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Data
reference:
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Earth
Observing System (EOS) Data Gateway |
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Year:
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Yearly
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Version:
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Available
data products:
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Products
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MODIS Land Cover
Type/Land Cover Change (MOD12) |
MOD12C1 Land Cover
Classification Product |
MODIS/Terra Land Cover Type 96-Day L3 Global 0.25Deg CMG V003 |
| MOD12Q1 Land Cover Product |
MODIS/Terra Land Cover Type 96-Day L3 Global 1km ISIN Grid V003
MODIS/Terra Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V004 |
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Scale/spatial
resolution:
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1km
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Classification
system:
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IGBP based
land cover classification (17 classes)
UMD (14
classes)
LAI/FPAR (9 classes)
NPP (9 classes)
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Remote
sensing data:
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MODIS/TERRA
since 2000
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File format:
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HDF-EOS |
Interpretation
process:
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Supervised
classification approach using a decision tree classification algorithm
in
conjunction with boosting
Using a global suite of training sites interpreted
primarily from Landsat Thematic
Mapper (TM) data |
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Projection:
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Sinusoidal
Grid projection |
Validation:
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No
probability-based sampling
Utilizing confusion matrixes based on classifying unseen
training sites
Using IGBP confidence sites |
Objective:
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To provide a
suite of land cover types useful to global system science modelers by
exploiting the spectral, temporal, spatial, and directional
information content of
MODIS data |
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Data
release
policy:
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Registration
required |
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Costs:
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For free
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Updates:
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Annually
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Contact:
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Alan Strahler, Boston University
(alan@bu.edu) |