1995 data depicts the fraction of land equipped for irrigation across Europe at a 5-minute by 5-minute cell resolution. It was created by the CEOS_EXTRA organization, combining statistical administrative data with geographical information on irrigated areas.
Use Cases
- Model historical water demand by analyzing the fraction of irrigated area per 9.25 km grid cell.
- Assess regional agricultural intensity by comparing irrigation fraction values across European administrative units.
- Validate land-use change models by using the circa 1995 irrigation map as a baseline for time-series analysis.
Strengths
- Provides continent-wide coverage for Europe.
- Data is derived from multiple sources including statistical records and geographical data in point, polygon, and raster formats.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, representing a snapshot from around 1995.
- The 5-minute grid resolution may be too coarse for local-scale analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Combined statistical data on irrigation area within administrative units with geographical location data.
- Time Range
- circa 1995
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Europe