Upgrade of MODIS land cover type

18 November 2022, by Stefan Kern

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We performed an upgrade of the TERRA/AQUA-MODIS Land Cover Type product MCD12C1 from Collection 6.0 to Collection 6.1. This upgrade also includes an extension of this annual data set by data of two years. The data are now available for years 2001 through 2021. The grid resolution is 0.05°; for more information see:

MODIS Land Cover Type

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