India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016

The India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001 - 2016 consists of annual winter cropped areas for most of India (except the Northeastern states) from 2000-2001 to 2015-2016. This data set utilizes the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI; spatial resolution: 250m) for the winter growing season (October-March). The methodology uses an automated algorithm identifying the EVI peak in each pixel for each year and linearly scales the EVI value between 0% and 100% cropped area within that particular pixel. Maps were then resampled to 1 km and were validated using high-resolution QuickBird, RapidEye, SkySat, and WorldView-2 images spanning 2008 to 2016 across 11 different agricultural regions of India. The spatial resolution of the data set is 1 km, resampled from 250m. The data are distributed as GeoTIFF and NetCDF files and are in WGS 84 projection.

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Last Updated July 17, 2025, 14:03 (UTC)
Created April 23, 2025, 22:35 (UTC)
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citation Jain, M., P. Mondal, G. L. Galford, G. Fiske, and R. S. DeFries. 2017-11-10. India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016. Version 1.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H47D2S3W. https://doi.org/10.7927/H47D2S3W.
creator Jain, M., P. Mondal, G. L. Galford, G. Fiske, and R. S. DeFries
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temporal 2001-03-31T00:00:00Z/2016-03-31T01:00:00Z
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