Dataset: Country-wide mapping of harvest areas and post-harvest forest recovery using Landsat time series data in Japan

Description:
This version of the repository holds an updated dataset of the annual forest disturbance agents/stable land cover maps across Japan using Landsat time series data. This version covers the period for 1985-2022 (1985-2019 in the original dataset). Harvest, Conversion, Thinning, and Other disturbances are mapped as different disturbance agents. The maps cover the entire country of Japan, excluding several isolated islands. The maps are available in compressed GeoTIFF format in Albers Equal Area Conic projection. The maps can be browsed in Google Earth Engine Apps.

Citation:
Shimizu, K. and Saito, H. (2021) Country-wide mapping of harvest areas and post-harvest forest recovery using Landsat time series data in Japan. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 104: 102555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102555

Period:
1985 to 2022 annually

Spatial resolution:
30m

Projection:
Albers Equal Area Conic Projection (Two standard parallels: 33N and 44N, Central Meridian: 135E)