QESDI: MODIS land cover classification data

QUEST projects both used and produced an immense variety of global data sets that needed to be shared efficiently between the project teams. These global synthesis data sets are also a key part of QUEST's legacy, providing a powerful way of communicating the results of QUEST among and beyond the UK Earth System research community.

This dataset contains MODIS land cover classification data.

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 mosaicked 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

The dataset stored here has been aggregated onto a 10 arc minute grid by Jose Gomez-Dans, working within the QUEST FIREMAFS project.

Date (Publication): 2009-08-25T10:57:29

Date (Creation): 2009-08-25T10:57:29

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Gomez-Dans, Jose	Unavailable	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Juckes, Martin	Unavailable	Principal investigator
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

QUEST
QESDI
Land cover
Modis

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2007-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2007-12-31T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are netCDF formatted

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/quest/data/qesdi/external/modis	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/lpdaac/products/modis_products_table/land_cover/yearly_l3_global_500_m/mcd12q1	Extended Metadata

Hierarchy level: Dataset

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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 created from MODIS_classification_IGBP.tiff

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File identifier: 6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: QUEST Earth System Data Initiative (QESDI)
50d3bcfabff933e00e707f219723f3ad

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-06-17T02:02:22

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

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

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