ESA CCI Land Cover

ESA CCI Land Cover

MH Specific

300m annual global land cover maps (1992-2020) with 22 LCCS classes, useful for tracking cropland expansion and land use change in Maharashtra

Build a 30-year land use change analysis for Maharashtra showing urbanization, deforestation, and agricultural expansion.
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Quick Start

import xarray as xr
# Download from https://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/
# ds = xr.open_dataset('ESACCI-LC-L4-LCCS-Map-300m.nc')
print('ESA CCI Land Cover: https://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/')
Modality
Raster (GeoTIFF/NetCDF)
Size
Global; 300m; annual 1992-2020
License
Format
GeoTIFF
Language
en
Update Frequency
static
Organization
European Space Agency

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
land_cover_classintLand cover class code (22 classes)
latitudefloatLatitude coordinate
longitudefloatLongitude coordinate
yearintData year (1992-2020)

Build With This

Create an urban growth forecaster for Maharashtra cities using historical land cover change trajectories
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Build a carbon stock change estimator for Maharashtra using land cover transitions and emission factors

AI Use Cases

Cropland change detectionland use classificationagricultural area estimation
Last verified: 2026-03-07