Queensland Winter and Summer Crop Maps from 1990 Onward

Predicted crop group maps for Queensland's main cropping areas, with separate layers for winter (June-October) and summer (November-May) growing seasons from 1990 onward. Each season includes an end-of-season prediction and a mid-season prediction labeled '_vInterim'. Predictions include a crop group classification and an associated probability score.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term shifts in the 'CLASS' of crops grown in Queensland from 1990 to the present.
• Assess prediction certainty for crop mapping by examining the 'P_CLASS' probability values across seasons.
• Compare mid-season '_vInterim' predictions against final end-of-season maps to evaluate early-season forecast accuracy.
• Track seasonal crop patterns by comparing winter and summer 'CLASS' assignments over multiple years.

Strengths

• Provides continuous temporal coverage from 1990 to the current year, enabling long-term trend analysis.
• Includes a probability field ('P_CLASS') to quantify the certainty of each crop classification.
• Offers two prediction timepoints per season (mid-season and end-of-season) for monitoring crop development.

Limitations

• Mid-season '_vInterim' predictions are based on a shorter time series and should be used with caution, as noted in the description.
• The dataset's primary formats (HTML, PNG, JPEG, WMS) are not inherently tabular, limiting direct statistical analysis without conversion.
• Specific details on spatial resolution, accuracy metrics, or validation methods are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Predictions derived from satellite imagery (Landsat, Sentinel-2, MODIS).

Time Range

1990 - Ongoing

Freshness

Updated to the current year, with a metadata last updated date of 2026-03-20.

Geography

Main cropping areas of Queensland, Australia