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The extent and location of irrigated areas vary in both methodology and scale. One major reason for discrepancies is the choice of spatial resolution. This study evaluates the influence of spatial resolution on the mapped extent and spatial patterns of irrigation using an NDVI threshold approach with Sentinel-2 and operational PROBA-V data. The influence of resolution on irrigation mapping was analyzed in the USA, China and Sudan to cover a broad range of agricultural systems by comparing results from original 10 m Sentinel-2 data with mapped coarser results at 20 m, 40 m, 60 m, 100 m, 300 m, 600 m and 1000 m and with results from PROBA-V. While the mapped irrigated area in China is constant independent of resolution, it decreases in Sudan (\u221229%) and the USA (\u221248%). The differences in the mapping result can largely be explained by the spatial arrangement of the irrigated pixels at a fine resolution. 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