Published February 10, 2017 | Version v1
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AntarcticaLC2000: The new Antarctic land cover database for the year 2000

Creators

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science,College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University
  • 2. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Centre for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Description

Antarctic Land Cover Database for the Year 2000 (AntarcticaLC2000) was produced using Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data acquired around 2000 and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) images acquired in the austral summer of 2003/2004 according to the criteria for the 1:100,000-scale. Three land cover types were included in this map, separately, ice-free rocks, blue ice, and snow/firn. This classification legend was determined based on a review of the land cover systems in Antarctica (LCCSA) and an analysis of different land surface types and the potential of satellite data. Image classification was conducted through a combined usage of computer-aided and manual interpretation methods. Results show that the areas and percentages of ice-free rocks, blue ice, and snow/firn are 73,268.81 km2 (0.537%), 225,937.26 km2 (1.656%), and 13,345,460.41 km2 (97.807%), respectively. The comparisons with other different data proved a higher accuracy of our product and a more advantageous data quality.

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Please help maintaining this service by properly citing and acknowledging if you use the data for publications: Hui, F., J. Kang, Y. Liu, X. Cheng, P. Gong, F. Wang, Z. Li, Y. Ye, and Z. Guo. 2017. "AntarcticaLC2000: The new Antarctic land cover database for the year 2000." SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences 60: 686-696. doi: 10.1007/s11430-016-0029-2.

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References

  • Hui, F., J. Kang, Y. Liu, X. Cheng, P. Gong, F. Wang, Z. Li, Y. Ye, and Z. Guo. 2017. "AntarcticaLC2000: The new Antarctic land cover database for the year 2000." SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences 60: 686-696. doi: 10.1007/s11430-016-0029-2.