Bridging the national data gap with Google earth engine and landsat imagery by developing annual land cover for Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT: The national-level land cover database is essential to sustainable landscape management, environmental protection, and food security. In Afghanistan, the existing national-level land cover data from 1972, 1993, and 2010 relied on satellite data from diverse sensors adopted three different land cover classification systems. This inconsistent land cover map across the various years leads to the challenge of assessing landscape changes that are crucial for management efforts. To address this challenge, a 19-year national-level land cover dataset from 2000 to 2018 was developed for the first time to aid policy development, settlement planning, and the monitoring of forests and agriculture across time. In the development of the 19 year span of land cover data products, a state-of-the-art remote

SUBMITTER: Uddin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10973569 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature