Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Datasets for the Conterminous United States (MIrAD-US)

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Publication Date: 2019-10-31
Start Date: 2002-01-01
End Date: 2017-12-31

Citation

Brown, J.F., Howard, D.M., Shrestha, D., and Benedict, T.D., 2019, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Datasets for the Conterminous United States (MIrAD-US): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NA3EO8.

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NASS USDA estimates the irrigated croplands at county level every five years. But this estimation does not provide the geospatial information of the irrigated croplands. To provide a comprehensive, consistent, and timely geospatially detailed information about irrigated cropland conterminous U.S. (CONUS), the "Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Dataset for the United States (MIrAD-US)" product was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center with funding from several USGS programs (National Land Imaging and National Water-Quality Assessment). A primary objective was to identify, and map irrigated agricultural areas to factor into water quality [...]

Summary

NASS USDA estimates the irrigated croplands at county level every five years. But this estimation does not provide the geospatial information of the irrigated croplands. To provide a comprehensive, consistent, and timely geospatially detailed information about irrigated cropland conterminous U.S. (CONUS), the "Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Dataset for the United States (MIrAD-US)" product was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center with funding from several USGS programs (National Land Imaging and National Water-Quality Assessment). A primary objective was to identify, and map irrigated agricultural areas to factor into water quality studies and drought monitoring investigations. This product uses three primary data inputs, (a) USDA county-level irrigation area statistics for 2002, (b) annual peak eMODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and (c) a land cover mask for agricultural lands derived from NLCD to map the spatial distribution of irrigated lands across the conterminous United States. The MIrAD Version 4 offers the datasets for the years 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017 at 250-m and 1-km spatial resolutions. The validation of MIrAD-US is a challenge because no other single-source current datasets are available at a national scale for comparison. Thus, this dataset should be considered provisional until a formal accuracy assessment can be completed. The product update is planned for every 5 years, synchronized with the update of the Census of Agriculture by the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) but contingent upon availability of Collection 6 (C6) Aqua eMODIS data and funding.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Jesslyn Brown
Process Contact :: Jesslyn Brown
Originator :: Jesslyn Brown, Danny Howard, Dinesh Shrestha, Trenton D Benedict
Metadata Contact :: Dinesh Shrestha
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :: Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
USGS Mission Area :: Water Resources

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MIrAD Irrigation Frequency.png “MIrAD Irrigation Frequency Map”		1.35 MB	image/png
mirad1km_02v4.zip “2002 1km MIrAD”		933.25 KB	application/zip
mirad1km_07v4.zip “2007 1km MIrAD”		990.33 KB	application/zip
mirad1km_12v4 (All).zip “1 km MIrAD Data for All Years”		4.28 MB	application/zip
mirad1km_12v4.zip “2012 1km MIrAD”		984.86 KB	application/zip
mirad1km_17v4.zip “2017 1km MIrAD”		1.44 MB	application/zip
mirad250m_02v4 (All).zip “250m MIrAD Data for All Years”		7.63 MB	application/zip
mirad250m_02v4.zip “2002 250m MIrAD”		1.78 MB	application/zip
mirad250m_07v4.zip “2007 250m MIrAD”		1.9 MB	application/zip
mirad250m_12v4.zip “2012 250m MIrAD”		1.88 MB	application/zip
mirad250m_17v4.zip “2017 250m MIrAD”		2.07 MB	application/zip
mirad_version4.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	22.06 KB	application/fgdc+xml

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Shrestha, D.; Brown, J.F.; Benedict, T.D.; Howard, D.M. Exploring the Regional Dynamics of U.S. Irrigated Agriculture from 2002 to 2017. Land 2021, 10, 394. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10040394	https://doi.org/10.3390/land10040394
Brown, J.F., and Pervez, M.S., 2014, Merging remote sensing data and national agricultural statistics to model change in irrigated agriculture: Agricultural Systems, v. 127, p. 28-40, doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2014.01.004.	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2014.01.004
Pervez, M.S., and Brown, J.F., 2010, Mapping irrigated lands at 250-m scale by merging MODIS data and national agricultural statistics: Remote Sensing, v. 2, no. 10, p. 2388-2412, doi:10.3390/rs2102388.	https://doi.org/10.3390/rs2102388
Brown, J.F., Pervez, M.S., and Maxwell, S., 2009, Mapping irrigated lands across the United States using MODIS satellite imagery. in Thenkabail, P.S., and others, eds., Remote sensing of global croplands for food security: Boca Raton, Taylor & Francis, p. 177-198, doi:10.1201/9781420090109.	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420090109

Purpose

The goal of this project is to provide the USGS and other researchers with complete and consistent public domain information on the spatial distribution of irrigated lands across the conterminous United States.

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