The LANDMATE PFT dataset provides a land cover map for North America for the year 2015 in 0.1° (~10 km). The dataset is based on land cover data of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (ESA-CCI, native resolution: 300 m) which is translated into 16 plant functional types (PFTs) and non-vegetated classes employing the cross-walking procedure introduced by Reinhart et al. (2022), which was modified for North America. The translation is done under consideration of the Holdridge Life Zones (HLZs), a system that classifies land areas based on bioclimatic properties. Through the HLZs, regional distinction of the individual PFT distribution can be achieved. The land cover information is given as fractions per grid cell where each fraction represents the area covered by the respective land cover within each grid cell (0-1).
The LANDMATE PFT dataset (0.1° resolution) serves as base map for the historical and future land use and land cover dataset LUCAS LUC developed by Hoffmann et al. (2023).
Plant functional types and non-vegetative classes:
1 - Tropical broadleaf evergreen trees
2 - Tropical deciduous trees
3 - Temperate broadleaf evergreen trees
4 - Temperate deciduous trees
5 - Evergreen coniferous trees
6 - Deciduous coniferous trees
7 - Coniferous shrubs
8 - Deciduous shrubs
9 - C3 grass
10 - C4 grass
11 - Tundra
12 - Swamp
13 - Non-irrigated crops
14 - Irrigated crops
15 - Urban
16 - Bare
Version 1.0 of this dataset does not exist. Here we use Version 1.1 in the name for consistency reasons.
Hoffmann, Peter; Asselin, Olivier; Reinhart, Vanessa; Rechid, Diana (2024). LANDMATE PFT land cover dataset for North America 2015 (Version 1.1). World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/LM_PFT_NA_v1.1
SQA - Scientific Quality Assurance 'approved by author'
Result Date
2024-02-14
Technical Quality Assurance (TQA)
TQA - Technical Quality Assurance 'approved by WDCC'
Description
1. Number of data sets is correct and > 0: passed; 2. Size of every data set is > 0: passed; 3. The data sets and corresponding metadata are accessible: passed; 4. The data sizes are controlled and correct: passed; 5. The spatial-temporal coverage description (metadata) is consistent to the data, time steps are correct and the time coordinate is continuous: passed; 6. The format is correct: passed; 7. Variable description and data are consistent: passed
Method
WDCC-TQA checklist
Method Description
Checks performed by WDCC. The list of TQA metrics are documented in the 'WDCC User Guide for Data Publication' Chapter 8.1.1
[1] DOIHoffmann, Peter; Asselin, Olivier; Reinhart, Vanessa; Rechid, Diana. (2024). LANDMATE PFT land cover dataset for North America 2015 (Version 1.1). doi:10.26050/WDCC/LM_PFT_NA_v1.1
[2] DOIReinhart, Vanessa; Hoffmann, Peter; Rechid, Diana; Böhner, Jürgen; Bechtel, Benjamin. (2022). High-resolution land use and land cover dataset for regional climate modelling: a plant functional type map for Europe 2015. doi:10.5194/essd-14-1735-2022