Land cover igbp book

Principles and applications provides a synopsis of how remote sensing can be used for land cover characterization, mapping, and monitoring from the local to the global scale. The terra and aqua combined moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis land cover climate modeling grid cmg mcd12c1 version 6 data product provides a spatially aggregated and reprojected version of the tiled mcd12q1 version 6 data product. User guide to collection 6 modis land cover mcd12q1. This set of cover types includes eleven categories of natural vegetation covers broken down by life form, three classes of developed and mosaic lands, and three classes of nonvegetated lands.

Land use and land cover change directly impacts biotic diversity worldwide, contributes to climate change, is the primary source of soil degradation, and, by altering ecosystem services, affects the ability of biological systems to support human needs. Landuse and landcover change local processes and global. See the easegrid geolocation tools web page for grids that contain latitudes and longitudes of easegrid pixels, along with c, idl, and fortran subroutines for converting coordinates. Discover is a 17 class land cover dataset based on the science requirements of igbp elements.

A global database of land surface parameters at 1km. Other, finer resolution gridded surface data are available. Jan 08, 2008 eric lambin is professor at the department of geography at the university of louvain in louvainlaneuve, belgium, and chair of the scientific steering committee of the igbp ihdp land use cover change lucc project, besides contributing to many other international scientific projects and initiatives. The edited book synthesizes research achievements by dozens of scientists related to the land use cover change lucc project of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp and the international human dimensions programme on global environmental change ihdp. Subsequently, the important contribution of local evapotranspiration to the water cycle that is, precipitation recycling as a function of land cover highlighted yet another considerable impact of landusecover change on climate, at a local to regional scale in this case eltahir and bras 1996. A study of global change and the human dimensions of global environmental change programme. Common wetland areas in glc2000 and igbpdiscover were used as wetlands in. The modis land cover suite of products john townshend umcp christopher justice uva alan strahler bu land cover groups christopher justice, louis georgio, jackie. It is derived using supervised classifications of modis terra and aqua reflectance data. The international geospherebiosphere programme igbp was a research programme that ran from 1987 to 2015 dedicated to studying the phenomenon of global change. The land cover parameter recognizes 17 categories of land cover following the international geospherebiosphere program igbp scheme. The standard modis land cover product mcd12 was used to infer. Its primary focus was coordinating international research on globalscale and regionalscale interactions between earths biological, chemical and physical processes and their interactions with human systems.

This book presents recent estimates on the rate of change of major land classes. Our research focuses on assessing the usability of the international geosphere biosphere programme igbp classification scheme provided in the modis. In addition to the igbp class at each pixel, the modis land cover product provides several other parameters including estimates for the classification confidence associated with the igbp label, a prediction for the most likely alternative class, and class labels for several other classification schemes that are used by the global modeling. These include the igbp land cover classification loveland and belward, 1997. Recent progress, remaining challenges 9 lead author. The igbp report series is published as an annex to the global change newsletter and distributed free of charge to scientists involved in global change research igbp science. The first is a 1 km spatial resolution land cover product discover, based on monthly normalized difference vegetation index composites from 1992 and 1993. Global land cover characterization glcc is a series of global land cover classification datasets that are based primarily on the unsupervised classification of 1km avhrr advanced very high resolution radiometer 10day ndvi normalized difference vegetation index composites. Several initiatives and organizations have attempted to generate global lc maps using remote sensing data and insitu data. Changes in land use are among the important forces driving global climate change. Igbp land cover lc classes ordered by stability defined by the percentage of no change in the first column of each nonwater class. Land cover map at 1km resolution, resulting from a merging of the umd land cover map outside europe, with the addition of wetland and permanent snow and ice masks from igbp, corine land cover over europe, and pelcom over scandinavia. Earth cover is the expression used by ecologist frederick edward clements that has its closest modern equivalent being vegetation.

Land cover and change statistics 20002018 european. The values in the land cover class type and classifier confidence files are written as integers from 0 to 17 and 0 to 255, respectively. Eric lambin is professor at the department of geography at the university of louvain in louvainlaneuve, belgium, and chair of the scientific steering committee of the igbp ihdp land use cover change lucc project, besides contributing to. Igbp secretariat, royal swedish academy of sciences, stockholm sanderson, angelina igbp secretariat, royal swedish academy of sciences, stockholm tyson, peter climatology research group, university of the witwatersrand, johannesburg, south africa jager, jill coordinator, initiative on science and technology for sustainability matson, pamela. A report from the igbp hdp working group on land use landcover change edited by b.

The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. The underlying dataset for this landcover product is the igbp layer found within the modis annual landcover product mcd12q1. Climate change can also be expected to have an important impact on land use change. It is appropriate for students, land change scientists, and policymakers. This data set is a subset of the igbp discover data set, which was derived from the global land cover characteristics database. This system was initially selected to reflect the consensus representation for land cover desired by global models in the early to mid1990s.

The ceres clouds and earths radiant energy system10minute data can be used to derive the land categories. An overview land use cover changes are influenced by a variety of factors operating on more than one spatial and temporal level and acting not in isolation but in intricate webs of place. Among the causative mechanisms behind land change, synergetic factor combinations are found to be more common than single key factor explanations. May 02, 2012 filling the need for a comprehensive book that covers both theory and application, remote sensing of land use and land cover.

Land cover igbp land cover classification and loci masks igbp land cover classification. Stockholm sweden international geospherebiosphere programme igbp, international human dimension programme on global environmental change ihdp. The mcd12q1 v6 product provides global land cover types at yearly intervals 20012016 derived from six different classification schemes. Local processes and global impacts global change the igbp series lambin, eric f. This data was converted from its categorical format, which has a. Furthermore, the recommendation was made that 1km data from the advanced very high resolution radiometer avhrr be used to develop the next generation of global land cover data. According to the igbp definition 17 land cover types are. Igbp 1999 landuse and landcover change lucc implementation strategy. Because of its geographic extent and variability, agriculture class 12 is by. Book university of plymouth marine institute 2007 langmead o, mcquattersgollop a and mee ld. The data are at 1km resolution in ascii grid format.

Our first priority is to develop a science plan for research on land use change. Global land cover lc mapping has been the main source of monitoring our global landscapes for a wide range of applications e. With 44 figures local processes, global impacts landuse and landcover change eric f. Land use, landuse change and forestry lulucf, usgs land cover institute lci or the land usecover change lucc research project of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp and human dimensions of global environmental change programme hdp. In the classifier confidence files a value of 254 is assigned to all water bodies while a value of 255 is assigned to cells with no data. A report from the igbphdp working group on landuselandcover change edited by b.

Understanding land use change science priorities for the. The supervised classifications then undergo additional postprocessing that incorporate prior knowledge and ancillary information to further refine specific. The igbpdis global 1km landcover data set discover. The fra 2000 report will be made public and distributed on the world wide web in the year 2000. This book attests to the success of dom studies in jgofs including carbon.

The terra and aqua combined moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis land cover type mcd12q1 version 6 data product provides global land cover types at yearly intervals 20012018, derived from six different classification schemes listed in the user guide. Development of a global land cover characteristics. This book, a synthesis of a set of nasafunded projects under the land cover and land use change program, brings together detailed case studies, regional analyses, and globally scaled efforts on mapping lucc and understanding its driving forces and broad consequences. The edited book synthesizes research achievements by dozens of scientists related to the landuse cover change lucc project of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp and the international human dimensions programme on global environmental change ihdp. Data of an entire year are used to come up with a highquality annual composite of the land cover type according to the definition of the international geosphere biosphere programme igbp and, in addition, with respect to the laifapar biome classification. This data set provides the geographic distributions of 17 classes of land cover based on the international geospherebiosphere program data and information systems igbp dis discover land cover loveland and belward 1997 and 15 classes of the simple biospheresib model processed at the united states geological survey usgs earth resources. The igbp discover global land cover product is an integral component of the global land cover database.

The pace, magnitude and spatial reach of human alterations of the earths land surface are unprecedented. Islscp ii igbp discover and sib land cover, 19921993. The mcd12q1 version 6 data product is derived using supervised classifications of modis terra and aqua reflectance data. Usability study to assess the igbp land cover classification. Statistics are calculated for every 6 years of the acquisition period, as well as for the entire period 20002018. This interactive data viewer provides an easy and comprehensive access to land cover accounts for europe eea39 and eu28 derived from the corine land cover data series. Insights on the historical and emerging global land cover. The land cover dynamics product includes layers on the timing of vegetation growth, maturity, and.

Islscp ii modis collection 4 igbp land cover, 20002001. The international geosphere biosphere programme igbp has called for the development of improved global landcover data for use in increasingly sophisticated global environmental models. Igbp book the book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Part of the global change the igbp series book series globalchange.

Factors influencing land use and land cover change. The standard modis land cover product mcd12 was used to infer information on different land cover types, and 17 land cover types were identified based on the igbp classification. This data set provides the geographic distributions of 17 classes of land cover based on the international geospherebiosphere program data and information systems igbpdis discover land cover loveland and belward 1997 and 15 classes of the simple biospheresib model processed at the united states geological survey usgs earth resources. The international geospherebiosphere programme igbp defines ecosystems surface classifications. An analysis of igbp global landcover characterization process. The modis land cover type product provides data characterizing five global land cover classification systems. User guide to collection 6 modis land cover mcd12q1 product damien sullamenashe and mark a friedl february 16, 2018 the modis land cover type product mcd12q1 provides a suite of science data sets sdss that. Eric lambin is professor at the department of geography at the university of louvain in louvainlaneuve, belgium, and chair of the scientific steering committee of the igbp ihdp land use cover change lucc project, besides contributing to many other international scientific projects and initiatives. Land use and cover change geography oxford bibliographies. Among the causative mechanisms behind land change, synergetic factor combinations are found to be more common than single key.

All values in the land cover fraction files are written as real numbers. International geospherebiosphere programme wikipedia. The igbp discover global land cover product is an integral compon ent of the global land. The avhrr source imagery dates from april 1992 through march 1993. User guide to collection 6 modis land cover mcd12q1 and. Earth cover is the expression used by ecologist frederick edward clements that has its closest modern equivalent being vegetation 52 the expression continues to be used by the united states bureau of land. The primary land cover scheme identifies 17 classes defined by the igbp, including 11 natural vegetation classes, three humanaltered classes, and three nonvegetated classes. Landuse and landcover change lucc national library of. Table 2 summarizes the distribution of sites and training data by continent and igbp land cover type in collection 5, and fig. The edited book synthesizes research achievements by dozens of scientists related to the landusecover change lucc project of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp and the international human dimensions programme on global environmental change ihdp. Development of a global land cover characteristics database and igbp discover from 1km avhrr data. In addition, it provides a land cover type assessment, and quality control information. Land use and global change changes in landuse patterns 4. Photogrammetric engineering and remote sensing journal 1999 loveland t r.

Published in stockholm, february 1993, by the international geospherebiosphere programme. Autorenportrat eric lambin is professor at the department of geography at the university of louvain in louvainlaneuve, belgium, and chair of the scientific steering committee of the igbpihdp landusecover change lucc project, besides contributing to many other international scientific projects and initiatives. The modis land cover product utilizes the igbp classification system. Random stratified sample of igbp land cover product provides a global database of 400 30by30km tm or spot images.

Research directions offers recommendations for future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and development of coastal zones. But it is the context within which land use change is. Land use and landcover change 2006 the book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest, cropland and pasture. Pdf development of a global land cover characteristics.

Two global 1 km land cover data sets derived from 19921993 advanced very high resolution radiometer avhrr data are currently available, the international geospherebiosphere programme data and information system igbp dis discover and the university of maryland umd 1 km land cover maps. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. Class class name description 1 evergreen needleleaf forests lands dominated by needleleaf woody vegetation with a percent cover 60% and height exceeding 2 m. Subsequently, the important contribution of local evapotranspiration to the water cycle that is, precipitation recycling as a function of land cover highlighted yet another considerable impact of land use cover change on climate, at a local to regional scale in this case eltahir and bras 1996. The igbpdis global 1km land cover data set, discover. The albedo and lai data used in this study is the global land surface satellite glass albedo product, and detail description about their methods and products could. In 2004, the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp released global. Maps of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp, university of maryland umd, and leaf area index lai classification.

Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the earth. International geospherebiosphere programme igbp global vegetation classification scheme. A comparison of the igbp discover and university of. Executive summary this document is a science report produced by the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp layout and technical editing. His research focuses on remote sensing, tropical deforestation, desertification and land use. The project was carried out as an international geospherebiosphere programme, data and information systems igbp dis initiative.

Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets mark friedl 1, damien sullamenashe 1, bin tan 2, annemarie schneider 3, navin ramankutty 4, adam sibley 1 and xiaoman huang 1. A study of global change and the human dimensions of global environmental change. The international geosphere biosphere programme igbp type 1 land cover scheme identifies 17 land cover classes 0 16 which includes 11 natural vegetation classes, 3 developed and mosaicked land classes, and three nonvegetated land classes. Data columns 15 show the percentages of each class that undergo a specified amount of change from 2001 to 2010. The viewer facilitates the assessment of land cover consumed or created over a specific period and the. These data provide land cover classifications derived from the boston university mod12q1 v004 modisterra 1 km land cover product friedl et al. Discover includes 17 general land cover classes defined to meet the needs of igbp core science projects. The subset was created for the study area of the large scale biosphereatmosphere experiment in amazonia lba in south america i. The book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land. Information about all of the data layers, including quality control are shown below. In the last few years, it has become increasingly apparent that the framework provided by the igbp scheme is limited. A report from the igbphdp working group on landuselandcover change. Igbp book the book presents recent estimates of the rates in changes of major land classes such as forest.