The Global 2000-2020 Land Cover and Land Use Change Dataset Derived From the Landsat Archive: First Results

Recent advances in Landsat archive data processing and characterization enhanced our capacity to map land cover and land use globally with higher precision, temporal frequency, and thematic detail. Here, we present the first results from a project aimed at annual multidecadal land monitoring providing critical information for tracking global progress towards sustainable development. The global 30-m spatial resolution dataset quantifies changes in forest extent and height, cropland, built-up lands, surface water, and perennial snow and ice extent from the year 2000 to 2020. Landsat Analysis Ready Data served as an input for land cover and use mapping. Each thematic product was independently derived using…

• NA
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Award: 80NSSC18M0039
• GA
  Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• NG
  National Geographic Society
• WR
  World Resources Institute

  Awards: 19113040, G2436
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  Nuclear Safety and Security Commission
• UG
  U.S. Geological Survey