A time-series map of the surface of Earth from the ESA Climate Change Initiative, classified into 36 land cover types. These classes include agriculture, forests, grasslands, urban, and other categories. A brief summary of the item is not available. Add a brief summary about the item.
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Item created: Apr 2, 2020 Item updated: Jun 30, 2023 View count: 592,131
Description
Cell Size: 300 meter
Source Type: Thematic
Pixel Type: 8 Bit Unsigned
Data Projection: GCS WGS84
Mosaic Projection: Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere
Extent: Global
Source: ESA Climate Change Initiative
Update Cycle: Annual until 2020, no updates thereafter
This layer may be added to ArcGIS Online maps and applications and shown in a time series to watch a "time lapse" view of land cover change since 1992 for any part of the world. The same behavior exists when the layer is added to ArcGIS Pro.
In addition to displaying all layers in a series, this layer may be queried so that only one year is displayed in a map.
This layer can be used in analysis. For example, the layer may be added to ArcGIS Pro with a query set to display just one year. Then, an area count of land cover types may be produced for a feature dataset using the zonal statistics tool. Statistics may be compared with the statistics from other years to show a trend.
To sum up area by land cover using this service, or any other analysis, be sure to use an equal area projection, such as Albers or Equal Earth.
Cartographic Renderer (Default Template)
Displays all ESA CCI land cover classes.*
Forested lands Template
The forested lands template shows only forested lands (classes 50-90).
Urban Lands Template
The urban lands template shows only urban areas (class 190).
Converted Lands Template
The converted lands template shows only urban lands and lands converted to agriculture (classes 10-40 and 190).
Displays the map in ten simple classes which match the ten simplified classes used in 2050 Land Cover projections from Clark University.
By default, the map will display as a time series animation, one year per frame. A time slider will appear when you add this layer to your map. To see the most current data, move the time slider until you see the most current year.
Hierarchical Classification
Land cover types are defined using the land cover classification (LCCS) developed by the United Nations, FAO. It is designed to be as compatible as possible with other products, namely GLCC2000, GlobCover 2005 and 2009.
Source data
The datasets behind this layer were extracted from NetCDF files and TIFF files produced by ESA. Years 1992-2015 were acquired from ESA CCI LC version 2.0.7 in TIFF format, and years 2016-2018 were acquired from version 2.1.1 in NetCDF format. These are downloadable from ESA with an account, after agreeing to their terms of use. https://maps.elie.ucl.ac.be/CCI/viewer/download.php
10 Cropland, rainfed
11 Herbaceous cover
12 Tree or shrub cover
20 Cropland, irrigated or post-flooding
30 Mosaic cropland (>50%) / natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<50%)
40 Mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
50 Tree cover, broadleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
60 Tree cover, broadleaved, deciduous, closed to open (>15%)
61 Tree cover, broadleaved, deciduous, closed (>40%)
62 Tree cover, broadleaved, deciduous, open (15-40%)
70 Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
71 Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed (>40%)
72 Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, open (15-40%)
80 Tree cover, needleleaved, deciduous, closed to open (>15%)
81 Tree cover, needleleaved, deciduous, closed (>40%)
82 Tree cover, needleleaved, deciduous, open (15-40%)
90 Tree cover, mixed leaf type (broadleaved and needleleaved)
100 Mosaic tree and shrub (>50%) / herbaceous cover (<50%)
110 Mosaic herbaceous cover (>50%) / tree and shrub (<50%)
120 Shrubland
121 Shrubland evergreen
122 Shrubland deciduous
130 Grassland
140 Lichens and mosses
150 Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
151 Sparse tree (<15%)
152 Sparse shrub (<15%)
153 Sparse herbaceous cover (<15%)
160 Tree cover, flooded, fresh or brakish water
170 Tree cover, flooded, saline water
180 Shrub or herbaceous cover, flooded, fresh/saline/brakish water
190 Urban areas
200 Bare areas
201 Consolidated bare areas
202 Unconsolidated bare areas
210 Water bodies
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Dashboard views: Desktop
Source: Image Service
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Applicable: 2d
Size: 1 KB
ID: 1453082255024699af55c960bc3dc1fe
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No acknowledgements.Esri, ESA. Land Cover CCI Product User Guide Version 2. Tech. Rep. (2017). Available at: maps.elie.ucl.ac.be/CCI/viewer/download/ESACCI-LC-Ph2-PUGv2_2.0.pdf
Comments (9)
Thou, I'm using my mobile device as desktop mode but I couldn't add the layer so I switched to my PC and I could accessed it
when i open the attribute table it is empty and the calculate field dialogeu is inactive. what is the problem?
Weird! What are you opening it in, arcgis online map viewer or pro? I can see if I can duplicate what you are experiencing. Michael Dangermond mdangermond@esri.com
hi, when i tried to put it in a new map viewer without any change, all data from 1993 went missing, does anyone know what happened? It is normal in map viewer classic.
were you able to solve this issue?
Hi the same happens with me when I tried to separate the years 2000 and 2019. Were you able to solve this problem?
Are there plans to update this Imagery Layer as more years are published (e.g. 2019)?
It would be nice if this page gave us a citation to use in peer-reviewed articles
Hi Paul. There are a few citations, depending on your use, available on the ESA CCI website. We'll add this into the description. Thanks for pointing it out! http://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/?q=node/199