Annual Woody Vegetation Change Classifications from Landsat

Vegetation change products identify transitions in perennial woody cover between forest, sparse woody, and non-woody classifications annually. The dataset, produced by Landgate, covers the period 1977-1980 using 30-meter resolution Landsat imagery.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in forest to non-woody change classes to monitor deforestation.
• Map transitions from sparse to non-woody classifications for land degradation studies.
• Track annual no-change areas to establish baseline vegetation stability.
• Model spatial patterns of non-woody to forest change classes for reforestation assessment.

Strengths

• Annual production enables time-series analysis of vegetation change.
• Based on 30-meter ground pixel resolution Landsat imagery.
• Covers a multi-year period from 1977 to 1980.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and geographic extent are unknown.
• Data format is primarily service-based (WMS, API), not a direct tabular download.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a specific historical period (1977-1980).

Provenance

Source

Landgate

Collection Method

Derived from vegetation cover datasets based on Landsat imagery.

Time Range

1977-1980

Freshness

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Geography

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