National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-nsidcdaac-0610

EASE-Grid 2.0 Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data

These data provide land cover classifications derived from the Boston University MOD12Q1 V004 MODIS/Terra 1 km Land Cover Product (Friedl et al. 2002). The data are available in various EASE-Grid 2.0 azimuthal and global projections, in multiple spatial resolutions ranging from 3 km to 100 km. The data are in flat binary, 1 byte files that are stored by row and are available via FTP.

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Identified by : NSIDC-0610

This dataset was released on January 01, 2011.

The time range for this dataset is July 01, 2000 to December 31, 2000.

The spatial range for this dataset is -90° to 90° latitude, and -180° to 180° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the moderate-resolution-imaging-spectroradiometer instrument on the terra platform.
DOI : 10.5067/XR8523MC24TB
Also known as :

• dataset oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0610 (nsidc lexicon)