MCD12Q1 - MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid
The MODIS Land Cover Type product contains multiple classification schemes, which describe land cover properties derived from observations spanning a year's input of Terra and Aqua data. The primary land cover scheme identifies 17 land cover classes defined by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP), which includes 11 natural vegetation classes, 3 developed and mosiacked land classes, and three non-vegetated land classes.
The MODIS Terra + Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid product incorporates five different land cover classification schemes, derived through a supervised decision-tree classification method:
- Land Cover Type 1: IGBP global vegetation classification scheme
- Land Cover Type 2: University of Maryland (UMD) scheme
- Land Cover Type 3: MODIS-derived LAI/fPAR scheme
- Land Cover Type 4: MODIS-derived Net Primary Production (NPP) scheme
- Land Cover Type 5: Plant Functional Type (PFT) scheme
Additional layers include a Land Cover Type Assessment SDS, a Land Cover Percent SDS, and a Land Cover Quality Control SDS.
Collection 5.1 Land Cover Type products are produced with revised training data and certain algorithm refinements. For further details, please consult the following paper:
Friedl, M. A., Sulla-Menashe, D., Tan, B., Schneider, A., Ramankutty, N., Sibley, A., andHuang, X. (2010). MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 168-182.
Shortname: | MCD12Q1 |
Platform: | Combined Aqua Terra |
Instrument: | MODIS |
Processing Level: | Level-3 |
Spatial Resolution: | 500 m |
Temporal Resolution: | annual |
ArchiveSets: | 6, 61, 1, 4, 5, 51 |
Collection: | MODIS Collection 6 (ArchiveSet 6) |
PGE Number: | PGE41 |
File Naming Convention: | MCD12Q1.AYYYYDDD.hHHvVV.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf
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Citation: | Mark Friedl, Damien Sulla-Menashe - Boston University and MODAPS SIPS - NASA. (2015). MCD12Q1 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid. NASA LP DAAC. http://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.006 |
Keywords: | Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Land Cover |