Hydrological, data for a better understanding of water

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ESA CCI and C3S Land Cover

Climate Change Initiative Land Cover, continued by Copernicus C3S
300 m annual land cover since 1992

MODIS IGBP land cover (NASA GIBS)

Source: ESA / Copernicus
Resolution: 300 m
Time span: 1992–2022
Access type: API (external)
Formats: NetCDF
Coverage: Global
Provider: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/dataset…

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/esa-cci-landcover/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import cdsapi  # pip install cdsapi, key in ~/.cdsapirc
c = cdsapi.Client()
c.retrieve("satellite-land-cover", {
    "variable": "all",
    "year": ["2020"],
    "version": ["v2_1_1"],
    "area": [5, -75, -20, -50],
}, "land_cover_2020.zip")

const res = await fetch("https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/esa-cci-landcover/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5");
const { groups } = await res.json();
for (const g of groups) g.links.forEach(l => console.log(l.url));

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