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Land cover of Afghanistan

Updated Date: 7/20/2022 3:03:51 PM

The annual land cover data of Afghanistan (2000-2018) have been created through the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) for Afghanistan. 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 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) together with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) and National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). The NLCMS system is customized from the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS) which is a collaborative effort between SERVIR-HKH at ICIMOD and SERVIR-Mekong at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), with co-development partners - the United States Forest Services (USFS), SilvaCarbon, and Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) group at the University of Maryland.

Land cover of Afghanistan
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Purpose The annual land cover data of Afghanistan (2000–2018) 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 (theme) SERVIR-HKH, ICIMOD, Afghanistan (place)
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Language eng
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Hierarchy Level dataset
Date 2022-07-20T15:03:51
Standard Name North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
Contact
Name Mr. Kabir Uddin Email kabir.uddin@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD Voice
Position name GIS and Remote Sensing Specialist Address
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Title Land cover of Afghanistan
Date 2021-07-10
Date Type publication
Abstract The annual land cover data of Afghanistan (2000-2018) have been created through the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) for Afghanistan. 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 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) together with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) and National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). The NLCMS system is customized from the Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS) which is a collaborative effort between SERVIR-HKH at ICIMOD and SERVIR-Mekong at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), with co-development partners - the United States Forest Services (USFS), SilvaCarbon, and Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) group at the University of Maryland.
Purpose The annual land cover data of Afghanistan (2000–2018) 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
Equivalent Scale 50000
Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East 74.9157 Geographic Extent West 60.5042
Geographic Extent North 38.472 Geographic Extent South 29.4061
Resource Maintenance Information
Maintenance and update frequency continual
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Use Limitation Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2022). Land cover of Afghanistan [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/rds.1973187
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Reference System Information
Code WGS 1984 / UTM Zone 42N
Data Quality Info
Hierarchy level dataset
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Email metadata@icimod.org Organization Name ICIMOD
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Address Role distributor
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