Pastures, 2000: North America
Global Pastures in 2000 map the proportion of each 5 minute (10 km) grid cell land area that is under pasture. Dark shaded areas denote higher proportion of are under pasture. Data from Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land cover product and Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) VEGETATION's Global Land Cover 2000 product were combined with UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) agricultural statistics to generate the data set.
Pastures, 2000: North America
Global Pastures in 2000 map the proportion of each 5 minute (10 km) grid cell land area that is under pasture. Dark shaded areas denote higher proportion of are under pasture. Data from Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land cover product and Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) VEGETATION's Global Land Cover 2000 product were combined with UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) agricultural statistics to generate the data set.