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Land cover of Nepal

Updated Date: 4/21/2022 3:48:22 PM

The annual land cover data of Nepal (2000-2019) have been created through the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) for Nepal. The system uses freely available remote-sensing data (Landsat) and a cloud-based machine learning architecture in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to generate land cover maps on an annual basis using a harmonized and consistent classification system. The NLCMS is developed by the Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC), Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal with support from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH), a joint initiative in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Collaborators include SERVIR–Mekong at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), SilvaCarbon, Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) group at the University of Maryland, and the US Forest Service.

Land cover of Nepal
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Purpose The annual land cover data of Nepal (2000–2019) developed using a harmonized and consistent classification system will support assessment and monitoring of land cover change in the country and will serve as key dataset in various thematic applications.
Descriptive Keyword Land cover, Land use, GIS, spatial data, Landsat, GEE, Google Earth Engine, Earth Observation, NLCMS (theme) Nepal, FRTC, ICIMOD, SERVIR-HKH (place)
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Language eng
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Date 2022-04-21T15:48:22
Standard Name North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
Contact
Name Mr. Raja Ram Aryal Email raja.aryal@nepal.gov.np
Organization Name FRTC Voice
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Title Land cover of Nepal
Date 2021-02-10
Date Type publication
Abstract The annual land cover data of Nepal (2000-2019) have been created through the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) for Nepal. The system uses freely available remote-sensing data (Landsat) and a cloud-based machine learning architecture in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to generate land cover maps on an annual basis using a harmonized and consistent classification system. The NLCMS is developed by the Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC), Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal with support from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya (SERVIR-HKH), a joint initiative in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Collaborators include SERVIR–Mekong at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), SilvaCarbon, Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) group at the University of Maryland, and the US Forest Service.
Purpose The annual land cover data of Nepal (2000–2019) developed using a harmonized and consistent classification system will support assessment and monitoring of land cover change in the country and will serve as key dataset in various thematic applications.
Status completed
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Topic Category geoscientificInformation
Spatial Representation Type grid
Spatial Resolution 30
Cited Responsible Parties
Name Mr. Raja Ram Aryal Email raja.aryal@nepal.gov.np
Organization Name FRTC Voice
Position name Address Nepal
Role author
Name Mr. Kabir Uddin Email kabir.uddin@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD Voice 977-1-5275222
Position name GIS and Remote Sensing Specialist Address
Role author
Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East 88.169 Geographic Extent West 80.03
Geographic Extent North 30.417 Geographic Extent South 26.344
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Use Limitation Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: FRTC. (2022). Land cover of Nepal [Data set]. FRTC. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.1972729
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Code Lambert Conformal Conic
Data Quality Info
Hierarchy level dataset
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Email metadata@icimod.org Organization Name ICIMOD
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