Classification Schemes of Collection 5

The land cover classes defined in the MODIS at-launch 1 km land cover product (Hansen et al., 2000) [MOD12Q1, Collection 1, SDS: Land_Cover_Type 2] are used.

Land cover class ID	Land cover name
0	Water
1	Evergreen needleleaf forest
2	Evergreen broadleaf forest
3	Deciduous needleleaf forest
4	Deciduous broadleaf forest
5	Mixed forests
6	Closed shrublands
7	Open shrublands
8	Woody savannas
9	Savannas
10	Grasslands
12	Croplands
13	Urban and built-up
16	Barren or sparsely vegetated

The land cover classes are cross-walked to 7 biome classes described by Myneni et al. (1997).

Biome class ID	Biome name	Corresponding land cover classes
0	Water	Water
1	Grasslands	Grasslands
2	Shrublands	Shrublands
3	Croplands	Croplands
4	Savannas	Woody savannas, Savannas
5	Broadleaf forest	Evergreen broadleaf forest, Deciduous broadleaf forest, Mixed forests, Closed shrublands
6	Needleleaf forest	Evergreen needleleaf forest, Deciduous needleleaf forest
7	Barren	Barren or sparsely vegetated

Hansen, M.C, Defries, R.S., Townshend, J.R.G, Sohlberg, R., (2000), Global land cover classification at 1km spatial resolution using a classification tree approach, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21:1331-1364.

Myneni, R., Nemani, R., Running, S.W., (1997), Estimation of global leaf area index and absorbed PAR using radiative transfer models, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35:1380-1393.