MODIS MOD12Q1 Notes Specific to 2000289v3, the Product Delivery Released 27 June 2002

  This is the first MOD12Q1 run based on one year of data (10/15/00-10/15/01), except for June 2001, which is missing due to instrument down time .

   For nominal data day 2000289v3, the following data layers were delivered complete or with Fill Values (DN=255) throughout:
    Land_Cover_Type_1 (IGBP) Complete
    Land_Cover_Type_2 (UMD) Complete
    Land_Cover_Type_3 (LAI) Complete
    Land_Cover_Type_4 (BGC) Fill Values
    Land_Cover_Type_5 (TBD) Fill Values
    Land_Cover_Type_1_Assessment Complete
    Land_Cover_Type_2_Assessment Fill Values
    Land_Cover_Type_3_Assessment Fill Values
    Land_Cover_Type_4_Assessment Fill Values
    Land_Cover_Type_5_Assessment Fill Values
    Land_Cover_Type_QC Complete
    Land_Cover_Type_1_Secondary Complete
    Land_Cover_Type_1_Secondary_Percent Fill Values
    LC_Property_1 TBD Fill Values
    LC_Property_2 TBD Fill Values
    LC_Property_3 TBD Fill Values

   For nominal data day 2000289v3, Urban and Built-Up, Class 13 in SDS Land_Cover_Type_1, (IGBP), was not included as a possible output class. A rasterized version of the Digital Chart of the World from the EDC GLCC team was overlaid as a mask on the classifier output.

Validation and Accuracy Assessment

   A discussion of the validation and accuracy of this product is available as a PDF file and as html, consistent.htm.