Hello,
I am trying to update the landuse input data in WPS to include a better representation of the glaciers in South America (by adjusting them based on the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI)). I have previously done this using the USGS input data from USGS EROS LandCover GLCCDB V2p0 data files as a Geotif, modifying it using the RGI using Arc, converting the geotiff to binary input files, running WPS and adjusting the soil parameters to match the land surface for glaciers. I am now trying to use the default modis_landuse_20class_30s_with_lakes instead of USGS. However I have run into the following problems:
1. I cannot find where to download the MODIS landuse data, or even an exact reference for it. I believe it is the Modified IGBP MODIS 20-category vegetation (land-use) data (ftp) from Noah-Multiparameterization Land Surface Model (Noah-MP® LSM) | Research Applications Laboratory , but the link to this doesn't appear to lead anywhere. Does anyone know where the MODIS landuse data used as the WPS default can be downloaded from in Geotiff (or similar) form?
2. Instead of downloading the data, I could in principle convert the static data binary files from MODIS to a geotiff or similar. I was previously using a java script to translate from PNG to the binary files needed for the static data for geogrid, which had both a Read and Write class which could also convert the other way, but I cannot quite get the geographic referencing correct. This was written by someone called Danny Brown from Edmonton, Canada. I found this on a help topic on the old WRF forum, but the link is now broken. I now only have the compiled programmes, and not the original java scripts, and therefore I can't edit the scripts to try to fix the geographic referencing. I can see there is now a python script called 'convert_geotiff' that might be able to write the binary files, but does anyone know of a program (either the java one, convert_geotiff, gdal_translate or another) which can convert the static geographic data into a Geotiff or similar?
3. If anyone knows an up-to-date landcover classification for South America, I would use this instead as I understand both the UGSG and Modis datasets are now quite old.
Many thanks for help with any of these questions!
I am trying to update the landuse input data in WPS to include a better representation of the glaciers in South America (by adjusting them based on the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI)). I have previously done this using the USGS input data from USGS EROS LandCover GLCCDB V2p0 data files as a Geotif, modifying it using the RGI using Arc, converting the geotiff to binary input files, running WPS and adjusting the soil parameters to match the land surface for glaciers. I am now trying to use the default modis_landuse_20class_30s_with_lakes instead of USGS. However I have run into the following problems:
1. I cannot find where to download the MODIS landuse data, or even an exact reference for it. I believe it is the Modified IGBP MODIS 20-category vegetation (land-use) data (ftp) from Noah-Multiparameterization Land Surface Model (Noah-MP® LSM) | Research Applications Laboratory , but the link to this doesn't appear to lead anywhere. Does anyone know where the MODIS landuse data used as the WPS default can be downloaded from in Geotiff (or similar) form?
2. Instead of downloading the data, I could in principle convert the static data binary files from MODIS to a geotiff or similar. I was previously using a java script to translate from PNG to the binary files needed for the static data for geogrid, which had both a Read and Write class which could also convert the other way, but I cannot quite get the geographic referencing correct. This was written by someone called Danny Brown from Edmonton, Canada. I found this on a help topic on the old WRF forum, but the link is now broken. I now only have the compiled programmes, and not the original java scripts, and therefore I can't edit the scripts to try to fix the geographic referencing. I can see there is now a python script called 'convert_geotiff' that might be able to write the binary files, but does anyone know of a program (either the java one, convert_geotiff, gdal_translate or another) which can convert the static geographic data into a Geotiff or similar?
3. If anyone knows an up-to-date landcover classification for South America, I would use this instead as I understand both the UGSG and Modis datasets are now quite old.
Many thanks for help with any of these questions!