ChinaCropPhen1km: A high-resolution crop phenological dataset for three staple crops in China during 2000-2019 based on LAI products

This dataset provides 1km-grid crop phenological dataset for three main crops (i.e., rice, wheat, and maize) of China from 2000 to 2019.

*** The format of provided data is GeoTIFF, i.e., the georefercing information was embedded within the TIFF file. Each file was projected to the Asia North Albers Equal Area Conic projection, with a spatial resolution of 1km.

*** The pixel value is the Julian Day of the Year (DOY).

*** Filename convention: CHN_CropType_KeyPhenologicalStages_Year.tif

*** CropType: includes Maize, Wheat, Rice(SR&ER) and Rice(LR), where Rice(SR&ER) represents single-rice and early-rice, Rice(LR) represents late-rice only.

*** KeyPhenologicalStages:

GR&EM: Green up & Emergence date for wheat;

V3: V3 stage for maize;

TR: Transplanting date for rice;

HE: Heading date for all the crops;

MA: Maturity date for all the crops.

*** Year: Values from 2000 to 2019