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Name Snow & Ice Monitoring: Fractional Snow Cover
Acronym FSC
Description Snow Cover represents the surface of snow that accumulates on the ground in a given location, including that from snowfall, snowdrift, and avalanche. The Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) product is generated in near real time (NRT) and provides for each pixel the fraction (0% – 100%) of the surface covered by snow at the top of canopy (FSC-TOC) and on the ground (FSC-OG).
Note
Status Operational
Group PLC Biophysical Parameters
Area Europe
Component Bio-geophysical Parameters
Service Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Entrusted Entities European Environment Agency Joint Research Centre
Created on April 23, 2020, 10:08 a.m.
Last updated on April 15, 2024, 5:03 p.m.

Requirements

UID Requirement Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
144 Administrative Boundaries Reasonable Product generation Essential
Accuracy
Availability
 May 7, 2020, 10:13 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 7:48 a.m.
36 Land Cover - Forest Reasonable Product generation Useful
Accuracy
Update Frequency
 Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) High Resolution Layer (HRL) Tree Cover Density (TCD) used for production May 7, 2020, 10:06 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
213 Digital Elevation Model Firm Product generation Essential
Accuracy
Resolution
 May 7, 2020, 9:58 p.m. May 23, 2024, 8:45 a.m.
182 Hydrography Reasonable Product generation Essential
Accuracy
Resolution
Update Frequency
 EU-HYDRO used for production May 7, 2020, 10:10 p.m. Jan. 31, 2023, 3:46 p.m.
219 Orthoimagery - Very High Resolution - Up-to-date - Homogenous Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable
Availability
Costs
Coverage
Data policy
Timeliness
Update Frequency
 May 20, 2020, 10:38 p.m. May 23, 2024, 8:42 a.m.
268 Snow Depth Ground Measurements Reasonable Calibration and validation Desirable
Availability
 July 25, 2024, 10:01 a.m. July 25, 2024, 10:01 a.m.