GLC_FCS30D: the first global 30-m land-cover dynamic monitoring product with fine classification system from 1985 to 2022

GLC_FCS30D is the first global fine land cover dynamic product at a 30-meter resolution that adopts continuous change detection. It utilizes a refined classification system containing 35 land-cover categories and covers the time span from 1985 to 2022. Before the year 2000, the update cycle was every 5 years, while after 2000, it is updated annually. In specific, it developed by combining the continuous change detection method, local adaptive updating models and the spatiotemporal optimization algorithm from dense time-series Landsat imagery, and was validated to achieve an overall accuracy of 80.88% (±0.27%) for the basic classification system 10 major land-cover types) and 73.24% (±0.30%) for the LCCS level-1 validation system (17 LCCS land-cover types).

The GLC_FCS30D has been compressed into 36 zip files, and the details about the GLC_FCS30D can be found in the User's guides.