Annual maps of swidden agriculture landscape derived from MODIS vegetation index in northern Laos during 2001-2020

This document (Word) is a brief introduction about the resultant maps of swidden agricultural landscape in northern Laos during 2001-2020 derived from the MODIS13Q1 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time-series products using a threshold method. For more information about the dataset, one can refer to the paper entitled “Swidden agriculture landscape mapping using MODIS vegetation index time series and its spatio-temporal dynamics in northern Laos” published in Remote Sensing. The format of this dataset (swidden agriculture landscape) is raster (.tif) with an attribute value of 1. It has a spatial resolution of 250m×250m and covers eleven provinces (including Bokeo, Borikhamxay, Huaphanh, Luangnamtha, Luangprabang, Oudomxay, Phongsaly, Vientiane, Xayaboury, Xaysomboon and Xieng-khuang) and one prefecture (Vientiane, Figure 1). The geographic projection is WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_48N.