MCD12Q1 - MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid

These data are a copy of MODIS data from the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The copy is potentially only a subset. Below is the description from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/MCD12Q1

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 schemeLand Cover Type 2: University of Maryland (UMD) schemeLand Cover Type 3: MODIS-derived LAI/fPAR schemeLand Cover Type 4: MODIS-derived Net Primary Production (NPP) schemeLand 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 , Collection: MODIS Collection 6 (ArchiveSet 6) , PGE Number: PGE41 , File Naming Convention: MCD12Q1.AYYYYDDD.hHHvVV.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf AAYYYYDDD = Acquisition Year and Day of Year hHH = Horizontal tile number (0-35) vVV = Vertical tile number (0-17) CCC = Collection number YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Production Date and Time , 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

Date (Publication): 2021-04-15T13:59:18

Date (Creation): 2021-04-15T13:59:18

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2bdeefa63a234a18a8fd0fabd4fa62b0

Citation identifier: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / 2bdeefa63a234a18a8fd0fabd4fa62b0

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Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Author
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Principal investigator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Principal investigator
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis	support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

Climate Change
Climate Modeling
Land Cover

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Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://modaps.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/services/faq/LAADS_Data-Use_Citation_Policies.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unclassified use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

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Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 2000-02-23T23:55:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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HDF

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2bdeefa63a234a18a8fd0fabd4fa62b0	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/modis/data/MCD12Q1	DOWNLOAD

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/filespec/MODIS/6/MCD12Q1	LAADS DAAC - Collection 6 File Specification

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/MCD12Q1--6	LAADS DAAC - Search for Product Files

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/6/MCD12Q1/	LAADS DAAC - Data Archive

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.bu.edu/lcsc/data-documentation/	MODIS Land Cover Product Documentation

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://landval.gsfc.nasa.gov/ProductStatus.php?ProductID=MOD12	MODIS Land Cover/Dynamics (MCD12) validation status

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD12Q1.006	Dataset DOI

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data were downloaded from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/ to support UK research groups, especially NCEO.

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Metadata language: English

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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-03-16T03:20:58

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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