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Name Land Cover - Forest
Note Land cover information related to forests needed for calibration, validation and production of Copernicus products at a resolution of 10 - 100 m
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure Manual
Group Land cover / Land use
Status -
Uncertainty
15%
10%
5%
Update Frequency
3 years
2 years
1 year
Timeliness
1 month
1 week
1 day
Scale
1:50000
1:25000
1:5000
Horizontal resolution
100 m
25 m
5 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables

Land - Biosphere - Land cover

State Draft
Created on Dec. 6, 2017, 10:35 a.m.
Last updated on Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.

Products

Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
High Resolution Layer - Broadleaved Cover Density Firm Product generation Essential N/A High Resolution Layer (HRL) Forest - Dominant Leaf Type is required for the derrivation of this layer. May 20, 2020, 5:12 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Forest Type Firm Calibration and validation Essential Availability, Data policy, Resolution, Update Frequency Land cover reference data needed for calibration and validation of products at a resolution of 20 - 100 m (e.g. HRL Forest) June 26, 2018, 11:57 a.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density 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.
High Resolution Layer - Dominant Leaf Type Firm Calibration and validation Essential Availability, Data policy, Resolution, Update Frequency Land cover reference data needed for calibration and Validation of products at a Resolution of 20 - 100m (e.g. HRL Forest) Oct. 19, 2018, 1:45 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Additional Woody Features Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Resolution, Timeliness Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) High Resolution Layer (HRL) Forest used to limit overlapping between HRL Forest and HRL Additional Woody Features (AWF) Nov. 23, 2020, 12:42 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Small Woody Features Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Resolution, Timeliness Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) High Resolution Layer (HRL) Forest used to limit overlapping between HRL Forest and HRL Small Woody Features (SWF) Nov. 23, 2020, 12:41 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
Snow & Ice Monitoring: Fractional Snow Cover 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.
Snow & Ice Monitoring: River and Lake Ice Extent 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.
High Resolution Layer - Coniferous Cover Density Firm Product generation Essential N/A High Resolution Layer (HRL) Forest - Dominant Leaf Type is required for the derrivation of this layer. May 20, 2020, 5:17 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Dominant Leaf Type Change Firm Calibration and validation Desirable N/A In particular High Resolution Layer (HRL) Dominant leaf type change from previous reference year for automatic sampling and calibration of the Dominant leaf type change product. May 23, 2024, 8:30 a.m. May 23, 2024, 8:30 a.m.

Data

Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
Global Forest Change Partially Supports training sample selection, plausibility checks and final Quality Control (QC) steps of current Forest Type product, but limited in timeliness due to lacking information on update frequency. June 25, 2018, 2:01 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layers - Water & Wetness Partially Supports training sample selection, plausibility checks and final Quality Control (QC) steps of current Forest Type product. Partially compliance due to resolution of only 20m and of being confined to water bodies and wet areas. June 26, 2018, 1:49 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
Forest Type Map 2006 Partially Supports training sample selection, plausibility checks and final Quality Control (QC) steps of current Forest Type product, but limited timeliness and lacking information on update frequency. June 26, 2018, 1:56 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Imperviousness Partially Supports training sample selection, plausibility checks and final Quality Control (QC) steps of current Forest Type product. Partially compliance due to resolution of only 20m and of being confined thematically to urban areas. June 26, 2018, 1:47 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) Partially Sampling grid of 2x2 km does not fully capture local landscape heterogenities that would be appreciated for product generation. Dec. 6, 2017, 10:36 a.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Grassland Partially Supports training sample selection, plausibility checks and final Quality Control (QC) steps of current Forest Type product. Partially compliance due to resolution of only 20m and of being confined to 2015 reference years imagery. June 26, 2018, 1:45 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Tree Cover Density Partially Reference years 2012 and 2015 at 2 0m resolution, and 2018 at 10 m resolution. May 7, 2020, 10:03 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Forest Type Partially Forest Type layer from previous reference year supports training sample selection, plausibility checks and final Quality Control (QC) steps of current Forest Type product. Partially compliance due to resolution of only 20m and of being confined to 2012 and 2015 reference years imagery. May 20, 2020, 10:03 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
EU-Forest Partially May 15, 2020, 2:51 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
High Resolution Layer - Dominant Leaf Type Fully Used as input for the generation of the Broadleaved and Coniferous Cover Densities (BCD, CCD). May 20, 2020, 5:07 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:38 a.m.
INSPIRE Annex II: Land cover Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage could be not complete. Number of thematic classes could be lower than specified in the requirement section. The timeliness could be higher than required. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:44 a.m. Dec. 18, 2020, 8:44 a.m.
Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Land Cover Raster Product Partially Information on forest land cover for complementing land cover ; Partially compliance due to resolution April 16, 2024, 9:55 a.m. April 16, 2024, 10:22 a.m.