Global vegetation dynamics

vegetation

Annual bias and trend-corrected metrics on intra-annual vegetation dynamics expressed through the NDVI

Global climate classification

climate

High-resolution climate classification following the Koppen-Geiger class cheme.

Range maps of bird species

ecology

Range maps of bird species provided by the Birdlife initiative

Cumulative Basin Metrics (CBM)

climate

Mean values of selected metrics aggregated dow-/upstream

Bias-corrected CCI land cover

land cover

Trend-corrected CCI land cover dataset with annual and global data on per-pixel percentages of 27 classes.

CCI land cover

land cover

Global, yearly land cover derived in the context of the Climate Change Initiative (CCI), from 1992 to the present

CCI land cover history

land cover

Historical maximum extent of generic land cover types derived from the CCI land cover dataset

Annual permafrost extents

climate
geomorphology

Time-series of the extent of permafrost in the northern hemisphere

Global snow cover densities

land cover
climate

Annual time-series on per-pixel proportions of snow cover

Annual soil moisture

climate

Global intra-annual metrics on the variability of soil moisture content from 1978 to the present

Global soil moisture history

climate

Historical metrics on the spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture since 1978

Global high-resolution climate

climate

Global monthly time-series of precipitation and temperature.

Global high-resolution climatologies

climate

Global time-series of climate variables

Global demographic data

sociology

Database on human demography collected at multiple scales, from microdata to national census

Annual nighttime lights

land cover

Global time-series of Nighttime light intensities mapped by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)

Economic indicators

economy

Global database on economic indicators obtained at multiple scales, from microdata to international reports

Annual Fire frequency

land cover
climate

Global time-series on the intra-annual frequency of fires

Global fire regime

land cover
climate

Characterization of the frequency and recurrence of fires

Annual streamflow dynamics

water

Global time-series on the intra-annual variability of the land surface streamflow

Fused vegetation continuous fields

land cover

Annual and global Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) that fuses data from Copernicus, MODIS, and AVHRR

Global administrative boundaries

land managenent

Global database with an up-to-date delineation of administrative areas

Global impervious surfaces

land cover

Annual time-series of impervious surfaces

Reptile range maps

ecology

Global Assessment of Reptile Distributions (GARD)

Global bare land

land cover

High-resolution map of the global extent of bare land as of 2010

Global ocean bathymetry

geomorphology

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)

Global tiling system

utilities

Delineation of equally sized tiles for high-performance computing

Global floodplains

water

Maximum extent of the 200-year floodplains

Global human settlements

land cover

Multi-temporal characterization of human settlements distinguishing types of land use (e.g. urban, rural), counting population, and identifying built-up structures.

Gobal mininng operations

land cover

Delineation of mining operations observed between 2000 and 2017

Annual Area of Habitat (AoH)

ecology

Global and species-specific layers on the area of habitat mapped on a species-by-species basis.

Annual ecosystem areas

ecology

Global, per-pixel areas for 71 ecosystem types

Annual ecosystem diversity

ecology

Global time-series on ecosystem diversity metrics

Global land use database

land use
land cover

Multi-temporal database with statistics on agricultural production and land use

Global livestock area

land use

Gridded Livestock of the World (GLW) database, reflecting the most recently compiled and harmonized subnational livestock distribution data for 2010.

Global livestock counts

land use

Gridded Livestock of the World (GLW) database, reflecting the most recently compiled and harmonized subnational livestock distribution data for 2010.

Global geomorphology

geomorphology

High-resolution geomorphological variables

Global mountain inventory

geomorphology

Delineation of indiviudal mountains

Global mountain classification

geomorphology

Global Mountain Maps

Global classification of river networks

water

Classification of water bodies connected to river networks

Global surface water

water

Annual time-series on permanent and seasonal surface water

Global surface water history

water

Historical metrics on Surface water dynamics

Global hydrological basins

water

Deliniated of watershed at different hierarchical levels

Global forest cover dynamics

land cover

Annual time-series on forest canopy densities over nearly three decades

Annual population counts

land cover

Global per-pixel counts of human populations

Bias-corrected global surface water

land use
land cover

Annual, gap-filled, and trend-adjusted Global Surface Water

Land surface phenology

land cover
ecology

Typical phenology of deciduous forests derived with PROBA-V data time-series

Global database on land ownership

land management

National-scale land tenure data

Global distance maps

utilities

Maps of linear distance to different land features

Annual Landsat data quality

utilities

Landsat acquisition quality mapped on a yearly basis

Annual commodity areas

land use
land cover

Global time-series of per-pixel areas on individual crop types and other land uses.

Global commodity probabilities

land use
land cover

Annual probability layers for different agriculture commodities

Reference data on land use and cover

land cover
land use

Global ground-truth database on land use and land cover

Land cover of Brazil

land cover

Annual and high-resolution land cover of Brazil

Global elevation

geomorphology

Multi-Error-Removed Improved-Terrain (MERIT) Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Global rivers

water

Hydrological variables derived with the Multi-Error-Removed Improved-Terrain (MERIT) Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Global Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)

vegetation

Global, annual, NDVI metrics derived with MODIS

Global pixel areas

utilities

Per-pixel areas for global applications

Range maps

ecology

Species range maps harmonized from different sources

Soil climatologies

climate
soil

Soil temperature bioclimatic variables

Soil characteristics

soil

Gridded soil database (soilGrids)

Global Sea surface temperature

ocean

Annual maximum Sea Surface Temperature (SST)

Annual water balance

climate

Global climate and water balance time series.

Global map of tidal flats

water

Global distribution of tidal flats

Tropical moist forest cover

land cover

Annual tropical moist forest cover densities

Travel time to the nearest city

land management

Global map of travel time disparities

Global Vegetation Continuous Fields

land cover

Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) derived with AVHRR

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