{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["026:00"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "undefined", "hasEmail": "mailto:metadata@ciesin.columbia.edu"}, "description": "The India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001 - 2016 consists of annual winter cropped areas for most of India (except the Northeastern states) from 2000-2001 to 2015-2016. This data set utilizes the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI; spatial resolution: 250m) for the winter growing season (October-March). The methodology uses an automated algorithm identifying the EVI peak in each pixel for each year and linearly scales the EVI value between 0% and 100% cropped area within that particular pixel. Maps were then resampled to 1 km and were validated using high-resolution QuickBird, RapidEye, SkySat, and WorldView-2 images spanning 2008 to 2016 across 11 different agricultural regions of India. The spatial resolution of the data set is 1 km, resampled from 250m. The data are distributed as GeoTIFF and NetCDF files and are in WGS 84 projection.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Sample browse graphic of the data set.", "downloadURL": "https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/india/india-india-annual-winter-cropped-area-2001-2016/india-india-annual-winter-cropped-area-2016-thumbnail.jpg", "format": "JPEG", "mediaType": "image/jpeg", "title": "Get a related visualization"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI.", "downloadURL": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2FH47D2S3W", "format": "HTML", "mediaType": "text/html", "title": "Google Scholar search results"}], "identifier": "C1458583603-SEDAC", "issued": "2017-11-10", "keyword": ["earth-science", "economic-resources", "human-dimensions", "national-geospatial-data-asset", "ngda"], "language": ["en-US"], "modified": "2025-07-17", "programCode": ["026:001"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "SEDAC"}, "references": ["https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9060566", "https://doi.org/10.7927/H43R0QSG"], "spatial": "68.106253 8.083816 89.150397 37.073831", "temporal": "2001-03-31T00:00:00Z/2016-03-31T01:00:00Z", "theme": ["INDIA", "geospatial"], "title": "India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016"}