%0 Dataset %T CIrrMap250: Annual maps of China’s irrigated cropland from 2000 to 2020 %J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center %I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn) %U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/098814d4-2b0b-46f9-9e27-1d6becf30868 %W NCDC %R https://doi. %A ZHANG ling %K irrigation %X This dataset integrates remote sensing data (i.e. vegetation indices, hybrid cultivated land products, and paddy field maps), irrigation statistics and surveys, and irrigation suitability maps to create annual maps of irrigated cultivated land in China from 2000 to 2020. The newly developed map (CIrrMap250) has a spatial resolution of 250 meters and was drawn annually from 2000 to 2020.