Global Forest Cover Change (GFCC) water cover data from the GFCC30WC product over Brazil, July 31, 2000.
View full-size imageThe Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) archives and distributes Global Forest Cover Change (GFCC) data products through the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program. The GFCC Water Cover 2000 Global dataset provides surface-water information at 30 meter spatial resolution. This dataset was derived from waterbodies in the GFCC Tree Cover (GFCC30TC) and Forest Cover Change (GFCC30FCC) products based on a classification-tree model. Data are available for selected dates between June 1999 and January 2003. GFCC30WC follows the Worldwide Reference System-2 tiling scheme. Additional details regarding the methodology used to create the data are available in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD).
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Collection | MEaSUREs GFCC |
| DOI | 10.5067/MEaSUREs/GFCC/GFCC30WC.001 |
| File Size | ~80 MB |
| Temporal Resolution | Other |
| Temporal Extent | 1999-06-29 to 2003-01-14 |
| Spatial Extent | Global |
| Coordinate System | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) |
| Datum | World Geodetic System (WGS84) |
| File Format | GeoTIFF |
| Geographic Dimensions | 170 km x 183 km |
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of Science Dataset (SDS) Layers | 1 |
| Columns/Rows | Varies by scene |
| Pixel Size | 30 m |
| SDS Name | Description | Units | Data Type | Fill Value | No Data Value | Valid Range | Scale Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC | Water Cover | N/A | 8-bit unsigned integer | 0 | 0 | 1 to 255 | N/A |
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | No Data |
| 1 | Land |
| 2 | Water |
| 4 | Snow/Ice |
| 200 | Cloud Shadow |
| 201 | Cloud |