6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 50d3bcfabff933e00e707f219723f3ad dataset Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-15T02:02:23 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 QESDI: MODIS land cover classification data 2009-08-25T10:57:29 publication 2009-08-25T10:57:29 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0 6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) 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. Gomez-Dans, Jose Unavailable author Unavailable author Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) custodian 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) distributor 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Juckes, Martin Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) point_of_contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk publisher unknown dataset QUEST QESDI Land cover Modis atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access. otherRestrictions Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated 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. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 2007-01-01T00:00:00 2007-12-31T23:59:59 Data are netCDF formatted Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) Data Center Contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6d02f556f6941a050d2c52ad5ad9f4b0 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/quest/data/qesdi/external/modis DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/lpdaac/products/modis_products_table/land_cover/yearly_l3_global_500_m/mcd12q1 Extended Metadata No further details. information dataset 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 2010-12-08 Data created from MODIS_classification_IGBP.tiff