Tree Cover Dynamics Across Northern Lands from Multiple Satellite Products

A synthesis map captures locations of consistent trends in tree cover based on multiple datasets. The dataset assesses recent changes in tree cover and composition over northern lands using four moderate-to-coarse and three high-resolution products. It was authored by Zhongxiang Fang and last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Validate land cover models based on cross-dataset consistency trends.
• Analyze recent changes in tree cover composition across northern latitudes.
• Compare tree cover estimates from moderate-to-coarse and high-resolution satellite products.

Strengths

• Synthesizes trends from seven distinct tree cover and land cover datasets.
• The dataset is 115.4 MB in size, indicating a medium-scale geospatial analysis.
• It is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update is dated in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

Zhongxiang Fang via figshare

Collection Method

Analysis of four moderate-to-coarse and three high-resolution tree cover and land cover products.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 20:05:24

Geography

Northern lands