GlobCover: Global Land Cover Map

ESA/GLOBCOVER_L4_200901_200912_V2_3
Dataset Availability
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z–2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
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ee.Image("ESA/GLOBCOVER_L4_200901_200912_V2_3")
Tags
esa landcover landuse-landcover
globcover

Description

GlobCover 2009 is a global land cover map based on ENVISAT's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Level 1B data acquired in full resolution mode with a spatial resolution of approximately 300 meters.

Bands

Pixel Size
300 meters

Bands

Name Description
landcover

The land cover map is derived by an automatic and regionally-tuned classification of a time series of global MERIS FR mosaics for the year 2009. The global land cover map counts 22 land cover classes defined with the United Nations (UN) Land Cover Classification System (LCCS).

qa

Binary quality band indicating whether the reference dataset has been used instead of the output of the GlobCover classification scheme.

landcover Class Table

Value Color Description
11 #aaefef

Post-flooding or irrigated croplands

14 #ffff63

Rainfed croplands

20 #dcef63

Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation (grassland, shrubland, forest) (20-50%)

30 #cdcd64

Mosaic vegetation (grassland, shrubland, forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%)

40 #006300

Closed to open (>15%) broadleaved evergreen and/or semi-deciduous forest (>5m)

50 #009f00

Closed (>40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)

60 #aac700

Open (15-40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)

70 #003b00

Closed (>40%) needleleaved evergreen forest (>5m)

90 #286300

Open (15-40%) needleleaved deciduous or evergreen forest (>5m)

100 #788300

Closed to open (>15%) mixed broadleaved and needleleaved forest (>5m)

110 #8d9f00

Mosaic forest-shrubland (50-70%) / grassland (20-50%)

120 #bd9500

Mosaic grassland (50-70%) / forest-shrubland (20-50%)

130 #956300

Closed to open (>15%) shrubland (<5m)

140 #ffb431

Closed to open (>15%) grassland

150 #ffebae

Sparse (>15%) vegetation (woody vegetation, shrubs, grassland)

160 #00785a

Closed (>40%) broadleaved forest regularly flooded - Fresh water

170 #009578

Closed (>40%) broadleaved semi-deciduous and/or evergreen forest regularly flooded - saline water

180 #00dc83

Closed to open (>15%) vegetation (grassland, shrubland, woody vegetation) on regularly flooded or waterlogged soil - fresh, brackish or saline water

190 #c31300

Artificial surfaces and associated areas (urban areas >50%) GLOBCOVER 2009

200 #fff5d6

Bare areas

210 #0046c7

Water bodies

220 #ffffff

Permanent snow and ice

230 #743411

Unclassified

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The GlobCover products have been processed by ESA and by the Université Catholique de Louvain. They are made available to the public by ESA. You may use the GlobCover land cover map for educational and/or scientific purposes, without any fee on the condition that you credit ESA and the Université Catholique de Louvain as the source of the GlobCover products.

Citations

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.Image('ESA/GLOBCOVER_L4_200901_200912_V2_3');
var landcover = dataset.select('landcover');
Map.setCenter(-88.6, 26.4, 3);
Map.addLayer(landcover, {}, 'Landcover');
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