Landsat 28.5-m Land Cover Time Series for Rondonia, Brazil

A 27-year time series from 1984 to 2010 provides annual land cover classifications for 80% of Rondonia, Brazil. The data consists of 27 GeoTIFF images derived from Landsat TM and MSS sensors, mosaicked from seven path/row scenes. Each image is classified into seven land-cover classes, including primary forest, secondary forest, and pasture.

Use Cases

• Tracking deforestation rates based on annual primary forest classification.
• Assessing pasture expansion over time using the pasture land-cover class.
• Modeling carbon sequestration changes from secondary forest regrowth.
• Analyzing urban development patterns from the urban class over a multi-decade period.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term, 27-year temporal record from 1984 to 2010.
• Offers high spatial resolution of 28.5 meters for detailed land cover analysis.
• Covers a large geographic area, representing 80% of the state of Rondonia.

Limitations

• Metadata conflicts exist: last updated dates differ significantly between platforms (2010 vs. 2026).
• The dataset's license is unclear, listed only as 'other-license-specified'.
• No columnar or tabular data is described, limiting non-spatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Derived from selected Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Multispectral Scanner (MSS) images that were mosaicked, georectified, and classified.

Time Range

1984 to 2010

Freshness

2026-04-10 01:44:27.001365

Geography

80% of Rondonia, Brazil, covering seven path/row scenes (PortoVelho, Ariquemes, Jiparana, Luiza (or Urupa), Cacoal, Chapuingaia, and Vilhena)