New App: landcover
import from:
landcover.hdf (coarse)
(points to original_data_files/MCD12C1.A2012001.051.2013178154403.hdf)
The Land Cover Type Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) product (Short Name: MCD12C1) provides the dominant land cover types at a lower spatial resolution (0.05° \approx
5.5km) compared to the Land Cover Type product. In addition, it also provides a land cover type assessment, percent distribution, and quality control information.
Data source:
http://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MOTA/MCD12C1.051/2012.01.01/MCD12C1.A2012001.051.2013178154403.hdf
The data come as hdf file with 3600 rows and 7200 columns. Datatype is 8 bit unsigned int.
Value range is 0-16 (percent???), fill value is 255.
It includes the following three 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
SDS Units
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_1 Class number
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_1_Assessment Flags
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_1_Percent Percent in integers
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_1_QC Concatenated flags
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_2 Class number
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_2_Assessment Flags
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_2_Percent Percent in integers
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_3 Class number
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_3_Assessment Flags
Majority_Land_Cover_Type_3_Percent Percent in integers
V051 MODIS Land Cover Type Yearly Global 0.05Deg CMG QC Bit Index
Land_Cover_Type_1 QC Bit Index
QA information Flag value
Processed, good quality 0
Processed, see other quality 1
Not processed due to clouds 2
Not processed due to other effects 3
V051 MODIS Land Cover Classification Types
Class IGBP (Type 1) - adopted by TOAR database
0 Water
1 Evergreen Needleleaf forest
2 Evergreen Broadleaf forest
3 Deciduous Needleleaf forest
4 Deciduous Broadleaf forest
5 Mixed forest
6 Closed shrublands
7 Open shrublands
8 Woody savannas
9 Savannas
10 Grasslands
11 Permanent wetlands
12 Croplands
13 Urban and built-up
14 Cropland/Natural vegetation mosaic
15 Snow and ice
16 Barren or sparsely vegetated
255 Fill Value/Unclassified
landcover (finer)
MCD12Q1
user guide: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/101/MCD12_User_Guide_V6.pdf
wget info: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/resources/e-learning/how-access-lp-daac-data-command-line/
File tile info: https://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODLAND_grid.html
find data at: /p/largedata/jjsc42/user/leufen1/LandCover_MCD12C1