Grassland-Woodland change map of South Africa (1990-2013) - original raster data

Remote Sensing based map of transitions between grassland and woodland in South Africa`s grassy biomes between 1990 and 2013. The map is based on Geo Terra Images National Land Cover Datasets published in 2015, with adjustments based on ALOS PALSAR (synthetic aperture radar data). Woodland in defined as having > 20% tree canopy cover and grassland as having < 20 % tree canopy cover. The map therefore captures gross change in canopy cover (transitions between these two classes) and does not show shrub encroachment or increases in canopy cover within the classes (i.e. canopy cover change from 30% to 50% will reflect as stable woodland). The map has four classes: stable grassland, stable woodland, grassland to woodland change, woodland to grassland change.