Data Abstract

The Mongolian Plateau, as the largest arid and semiarid Plateau in Northern hemisphere, plays an important role in the climate changes and sustainable development of the ecological environment. This dataset provides the surface vegetation coverage from 1981 to 2012 in Mongolia plateau, which is based on vegetation index date. It includes NDVI-PathFinder dates from 1981 to 1999 and MODIS data from 2000 to 2012. The overall accuracy of the data set is 75%.