Land Cover Cube
Land Cover Map of ESA CCI brokered by CDS
How to open this dataset in DeepESDL JupyterLab
from xcube.core.store import new_data_store
store = new_data_store("s3", root="deep-esdl-public", storage_options=dict(anon=True))
# The cube is saved as a multilevel cube, the level 0 is the base layer with
# the highest resolution
ml_dataset = store.open_data('LC-1x2025x2025-2.0.0.levels')
# Chek how many levels are present
ml_dataset.num_levels
# Open dataset at a certain level, here level 0
ds = ml_dataset.get_dataset(0)
Bounding box map
Map tiles and data from OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL.
| Parameter |
Value |
| Bounding box longitude (°) |
-180.0 to 180.0 |
| Bounding box latitude (°) |
-90.0 to 90.0 |
| Time range |
1992-01-01 to 2022-12-31 |
Click here for full dataset metadata.
Variable list
Click on a variable name to jump to the variable’s full metadata.
change_count
| Field |
Value |
| long_name |
number of class changes |
| valid_max |
100 |
| valid_min |
0 |
crs
| Field |
Value |
| i2m |
0.002777777777778,0.0,0.0,-0.002777777777778,-180.0,90.0 |
| wkt |
GEOGCS["WGS 84", DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984", SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137.0, 298.257223563, AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]], AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]], PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]], UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295], AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST], AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]] |
current_pixel_state
| Field |
Value |
| flag_meanings |
invalid clear_land clear_water clear_snow_ice cloud cloud_shadow |
| flag_values |
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| long_name |
LC pixel type mask |
| standard_name |
land_cover_lccs status_flag |
| valid_max |
5 |
| valid_min |
0 |
lat_bounds
lccs_class
| Field |
Value |
| ancillary_variables |
processed_flag current_pixel_state observation_count change_count |
| flag_colors |
#ffff64 #ffff64 #ffff00 #aaf0f0 #dcf064 #c8c864 #006400 #00a000 #00a000 #aac800 #003c00 #003c00 #005000 #285000 #285000 #286400 #788200 #8ca000 #be9600 #966400 #966400 #966400 #ffb432 #ffdcd2 #ffebaf #ffc864 #ffd278 #ffebaf #00785a #009678 #00dc82 #c31400 #fff5d7 #dcdcdc #fff5d7 #0046c8 #ffffff |
| flag_meanings |
no_data cropland_rainfed cropland_rainfed_herbaceous_cover cropland_rainfed_tree_or_shrub_cover cropland_irrigated mosaic_cropland mosaic_natural_vegetation tree_broadleaved_evergreen_closed_to_open tree_broadleaved_deciduous_closed_to_open tree_broadleaved_deciduous_closed tree_broadleaved_deciduous_open tree_needleleaved_evergreen_closed_to_open tree_needleleaved_evergreen_closed tree_needleleaved_evergreen_open tree_needleleaved_deciduous_closed_to_open tree_needleleaved_deciduous_closed tree_needleleaved_deciduous_open tree_mixed mosaic_tree_and_shrub mosaic_herbaceous shrubland shrubland_evergreen shrubland_deciduous grassland lichens_and_mosses sparse_vegetation sparse_tree sparse_shrub sparse_herbaceous tree_cover_flooded_fresh_or_brakish_water tree_cover_flooded_saline_water shrub_or_herbaceous_cover_flooded urban bare_areas bare_areas_consolidated bare_areas_unconsolidated water snow_and_ice |
| flag_values |
0, 10, 11, 12, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 61, 62, 70, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 90, 100, 110, 120, 121, 122, 130, 140, 150, 151, 152, 153, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 201, 202, 210, 220 |
| long_name |
Land cover class defined in LCCS |
| standard_name |
land_cover_lccs |
| valid_max |
220 |
| valid_min |
1 |
lon_bounds
observation_count
| Field |
Value |
| long_name |
number of valid observations |
| standard_name |
land_cover_lccs number_of_observations |
| valid_max |
32767 |
| valid_min |
0 |
processed_flag
| Field |
Value |
| flag_meanings |
not_processed processed |
| flag_values |
0, 1 |
| long_name |
LC map processed area flag |
| standard_name |
land_cover_lccs status_flag |
| valid_max |
1 |
| valid_min |
0 |
time_bounds
| Field |
Value |
| Conventions |
CF-1.6 |
| TileSize |
2025:2025 |
| cdm_data_type |
grid |
| comment |
|
| contact |
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/contact-us/get-support |
| creation_date |
20181130T095451Z |
| creator_email |
landcover-cci@uclouvain.be |
| creator_name |
UCLouvain |
| creator_url |
http://www.uclouvain.be/ |
| geospatial_lat_max |
90.0 |
| geospatial_lat_min |
-90.0 |
| geospatial_lat_resolution |
0.002778 |
| geospatial_lat_units |
degrees_north |
| geospatial_lon_max |
180 |
| geospatial_lon_min |
-180 |
| geospatial_lon_resolution |
0.002778 |
| geospatial_lon_units |
degrees_east |
| history |
amorgos-4,0, lc-sdr-1.0, lc-sr-1.0, lc-classification-1.0,lc-user-tools-3.13,lc-user-tools-4.3 |
| id |
ESACCI-LC-L4-LCCS-Map-300m-P1Y-1992-v2.0.7cds |
| institution |
UCLouvain |
| keywords |
land cover classification,satellite,observation |
| keywords_vocabulary |
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
| license |
ESA CCI Data Policy: free and open access |
| naming_authority |
org.esa-cci |
| product_version |
2.0.7cds |
| project |
Climate Change Initiative - European Space Agency |
| references |
http://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/ |
| source |
MERIS FR L1B version 5.05, MERIS RR L1B version 8.0, SPOT VGT P |
| spatial_resolution |
300m |
| standard_name_vocabulary |
NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Standard Names version 21 |
| summary |
This dataset characterizes the land cover of a particular year (see time_coverage). The land cover was derived from the analysis of satellite data time series of the full period. |
| time_coverage_duration |
P1Y |
| time_coverage_end |
19921231 |
| time_coverage_resolution |
P1Y |
| time_coverage_start |
19920101 |
| title |
Land Cover Map of ESA CCI brokered by CDS |
| tracking_id |
61b96fd7-42c3-4374-9de1-0dc3b0bcae2a |
| type |
ESACCI-LC-L4-LCCS-Map-300m-P1Y |