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LGRIP30_L1_RAIN·v002·dataset

Where rain-fed cropland is worldwide (Landsat, 30 m)

Landsat-Derived Global Rainfed-Cropland Product L1 2020 30 m V002
land NASA LPCLOUD Level 1 GeoTIFF
In plain English

What it measures. A detailed map showing where farmland grows crops watered only by rainfall (no irrigation), sorted into 24 different rainfed-cropland types, alongside non-cropland and water bodies. Each tile also reports how much rainfed cropland area there is and how accurate the map is.

How it's made. Built from Landsat 8 satellite images collected from 2019 to 2021 and processed into 30-meter map tiles representing the year 2020.

How & where you'd use it. Helps with food and water security planning by showing where the world depends on rain-fed agriculture. Note: this version currently only covers the continental United States, with the rest of the world to follow.

What's measured

AGRICULTURE › AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE › CROP/PLANT YIELDSLAND SURFACE › LAND USE/LAND COVER › LAND USE CLASSESLAND SURFACE › LANDSCAPE › LANDSCAPE PATTERNS

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2019-01-01 → 2021-12-31
  • Measured byLANDSAT-8 (OLI)
  • Processing levelLevel 1
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
  • FormatsGeoTIFF
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

The Landsat-Derived Global Rainfed-Cropland Product Level 1 2020 (LGRIP30_L1_RAIN) Version 2 data provides high-resolution, 30 meter (m) cropland data to assist and address food and water security issues of the twenty-first century. As an extension of the Global Food Security-support Analysis Data ([GFSAD](https://www.usgs.gov/centers/western-geographic-science-center/science/global-food-security-support-analysis-data-30-m)) project, LGRIP30_L1_RAIN V2 maps agricultural lands by dividing them into 24 types of rainfed croplands and calculates applicable cropland areas across the globe. LGRIP data are produced using Landsat 8 time-series satellite sensor data for the 2019 through 2021 time period to create a nominal 2020 product. Each LGRIP L1 Rainfed 30 m resolution GeoTIFF file contains a layer that identifies areas of rainfed cropland (cropland areas that are purely dependent on direct precipitation without any artificial watering) divided into 24 types, non-rainfed land (irrigated croplands and areas not classified as cropland), and water bodies over a 10° by 10° area, as well as an accuracy assessment of the product. A low-resolution browse image is also included. Currently, LGRIP30 V2 products only contain data for the conterminous United States (CONUS). LGRIP30 V2 data covering the rest of the globe will be added at a later date.

Get the data

lgrip30_l1_rain_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="LGRIP30_L1_RAIN",
    version="002",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from LPCLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.