Global 1-km Consensus Land Cover

Webpage

Citation

Tuanmu, M.-N. and W. Jetz. 2014. A global 1-km consensus land-cover product for biodiversity and ecosystem modeling. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23(9): 1031-1045.

Data access

Data available on-line at http://www.earthenv.org/

Data download and preparation

mkdir -p $GISDATA/landcover/global/CLC1km
cd $GISDATA/landcover/global/CLC1km
##wget https://www.earthenv.org/landcover

export VERSION=without_DISCover
export PREFIX=Consensus_reduced
mkdir -p $GISDATA/landcover/global/CLC1km/$VERSION
cd $GISDATA/landcover/global/CLC1km/$VERSION
for CLASS in $(seq 1 12)
do
   wget --continue https://data.earthenv.org/consensus_landcover/${VERSION}/${PREFIX}_class_${CLASS}.tif
done

export VERSION=with_DISCover
export PREFIX=consensus_full
mkdir -p $GISDATA/landcover/global/CLC1km/$VERSION
cd $GISDATA/landcover/global/CLC1km/$VERSION
for CLASS in $(seq 1 12)
do
   wget --continue https://data.earthenv.org/consensus_landcover/${VERSION}/${PREFIX}_class_${CLASS}.tif
done

Class nr	desc	EFGs
1	Evergreen/Deciduous Needleleaf Trees	T2.1
2	Evergreen Broadleaf Trees
3	Deciduous Broadleaf Trees
4	Mixed/Other Trees
5	Shrubs
6	Herbaceous Vegetation
7	Cultivated and Managed Vegetation	T7.1,T7.3
8	Regularly Flooded Vegetation	TF1.?
9	Urban/Built-up	T7.4
10	Snow/Ice	T6.1,T6.2
11	Barren	T5.*,T6.2?
12	Open Water	F1.?,F2.?