# Processing Land cover Data

**URL:** <https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/processing-land-cover-data/1166>\
**Category:** C3S - Datasets and Usage\
**Tags:** c3s, ecv\_biosphere\
**Created:** [15 March 2022 14:48 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/processing-land-cover-data/1166 "2022-03-15T14:48:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Lentz](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Christian\_Lentz](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Christian_Lentz)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 14:48 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/processing-land-cover-data/1166/1 "2022-03-15T14:48:43Z")

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Hi,

I am working on my Master thesis and need to process the Land cover Data for defined areas. I wrote a short Python script to process the .nc file but no matter what coordinates i enter the lccs\_class variable is always 210 (water) and the processed flag and observation count variables are 0 respectively.

I have tried this with data from different years and the outcome is always the same.

Are there any known problems processing the land cover files, or am i doing something wrong?