MIRCA2000 Monthly Irrigated and Rainfed Crop Areas
Goethe University Frankfurt global dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed crop areas around year 2000 at 5-arc-minute resolution for 26 crop classes, with condensed crop calendars for agricultural and hydrological modeling.
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At a glance
- Region
- Germany (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Irrigated area
- Crop calendar
- Gridded raster
- Cropland
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Irrigated area
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
Related water data
- Goethe University MIRCA2000 Data Download CenterGlobal | Free
- GMIA Global Map of Irrigation Areas v5.0 (GeoKur CKAN)Global | Free
- IWMI Water Data Portal - Global Irrigated Area MappingGlobal | Free
- AWI Meereisportal CryoSat-2 / Sea-Ice & Snow DataGlobal | Free
- BfG GRDC (Global Runoff Data Centre)Global | Registration Required
- GeoERA Groundwater Resources Map (EGDI Geonetwork)Global | Free
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