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Name High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density
Acronym TCD
Description The Tree Cover Density product represents the primary status layers showing the level of tree cover density in a range from 0-100%, available for the 2012 and 2015 reference years at 20m spatial resolution, for 2018-2021 at 10m spatial resolution, and in European projection. For 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 an aggregated product at 100m is available.
Note
Status Operational
Group PLC High Resolution Layers
Area Europe
Component Land Cover and Land Use Mapping
Service Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Entrusted Entities European Environment Agency Joint Research Centre
Created on Nov. 6, 2017, 1:53 p.m.
Last updated on May 10, 2024, 12:11 p.m.

Requirements

UID Requirement Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
219 Orthoimagery - Very High Resolution - Up-to-date - Homogenous Firm Calibration and validation Desirable
Availability
Costs
Coverage
Data policy
Timeliness
Update Frequency
 Used for the calibration and validation of the high resolution layer (HRL) Forest - Tree Cover Density product. June 26, 2018, 1:05 p.m. May 23, 2024, 8:41 a.m.
213 Digital Elevation Model Firm Calibration and validation Essential
Accuracy
Costs
Data policy
Resolution
 Digital Elevation Model for image pre-processing (in particular topographic normalization). June 26, 2018, 2:37 p.m. May 23, 2024, 8:45 a.m.
36 Land Cover - Forest Firm Calibration and validation Desirable
N/A
 In particular High Resolution Layer (HRL) Forest - Tree Cover Density from previous reference year for automatic sampling and calibration of the Tree Cover Density product. June 26, 2018, 1:22 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
35 Administrative Boundaries Firm Product generation Essential
Accuracy
 Used for data clipping Dec. 6, 2017, 9:39 a.m. May 23, 2024, 8:29 a.m.