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Requirement details

Name Land Cover
Note Land cover reference data needed for production, calibration and validation at resolutions of 10 - 100 m. Coverage requirement: Europe.
Dissemination View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure Manual
Group Land cover / Land use
Status -
Uncertainty
N/A
N/A
N/A
Update Frequency
3 years
2 years
1 year
Timeliness
1 month
1 week
1 day
Scale
1:50000
1:25000
1:5000
Horizontal resolution
50 m
10 m
5 m
Vertical resolution
N/A
N/A
N/A
Essential variables

Land - Biosphere - Land cover
State Draft
Created on May 13, 2020, 11:25 p.m.
Last updated on July 26, 2022, 5:08 p.m.

Products

Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
Hydrological anomalies maps Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:52 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:22 p.m.
EFAS Notifications - EFAS Formal Flood Notification Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:52 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:22 p.m.
EFAS Notifications - EFAS Informal Flood Notification Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:53 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
EFAS Notification – EFAS ERCC Overview Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:53 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
EFAS Notifications - EFAS Flash Flood Notification Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:53 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
ERIC Affected Area Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:45 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
ERICHA Hourly precipitation maps Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:46 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
ERICHA Flash flood hazard maps Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:46 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
ERICHA Daily precipitation maps Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:47 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
EFAS Sub-seasonal outlook - Overview Map Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:50 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Land Cover Raster Product Firm Calibration and validation Essential Accuracy, Availability, Costs, Data policy, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration May 13, 2020, 11:48 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Attributed and Classified Landscape Objects Firm Calibration and validation Essential Accuracy, Availability, Costs, Data policy, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration May 13, 2020, 11:48 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Attributed and Classified Landscape Objects Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Availability, Resolution, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration May 13, 2020, 11:26 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Reasonable Product generation Essential Accuracy, Availability, Coverage, Timeliness, Update Frequency May 15, 2020, 2:18 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Change Firm Supporting exploitation Essential Accuracy, Availability, Coverage, Data policy, Timeliness, Update Frequency May 15, 2020, 2:19 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Rapid Damage Assessment Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration Nov. 13, 2020, 12:27 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
EFAS Seasonal outlook - Overview Map Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration Nov. 13, 2020, 12:18 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Fire Damage Assessment Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Coverage, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration Nov. 13, 2020, 12:26 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
EFAS precipitation forecasts Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration Nov. 13, 2020, 12:20 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Active Fire Detection Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Coverage, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration Nov. 13, 2020, 12:29 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Gridded meteorological maps Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:51 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
European wide, observation-based flood monitoring Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:51 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Land Cover Raster Product Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Availability, Resolution, Update Frequency For production, validation and calibration May 13, 2020, 11:26 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Flood Impact Forecast - Rapid Impact Assessment Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:49 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
European Ground Motion Service – Ortho Reasonable Product generation Essential N/A Current CLC dataset; used for production and validation. Coverage requirement: Europe. July 20, 2022, 3:32 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
European Ground Motion Service – Basic Reasonable Product generation Essential N/A Current CLC dataset; used for production and validation. Coverage requirement: Europe. Dec. 1, 2021, 12:24 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
ERIC Reporting points Firm Product generation Essential Accuracy, Update Frequency Dec. 26, 2020, 12:44 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
European Ground Motion Service – Calibrated Reasonable Product generation Essential N/A Current CLC dataset; used for production and validation. Coverage requirement: Europe. July 20, 2022, 3:32 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:23 p.m.

Data

Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
Corine Land Cover Partially resolution not sufficient (MMU 25ha) Nov. 30, 2020, 8:36 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Natura 2000 Land Cover / Land Use Partially Partial coverage of EEA39. May 13, 2020, 11:36 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Global Forest Change Partially May 14, 2020, 10:09 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
European Settlement Map Partially Presents the percentage of built-up area coverage per spatial unit. Reference year 2012. May 15, 2020, 2:45 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Urban Atlas Land Cover / Land Use Partially Partial coverage of EEA39. May 13, 2020, 11:41 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Riparian Zones Land Cover / Land Use Partially Partial coverage of EEA39. May 13, 2020, 11:33 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.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, 8:29 a.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Copernicus Land Monitoring Service Pan-European High Resolution Layers Fully Consists of different layers covering various topics (Forest, Grassland, Water/Wetland, Imperviousness), homogenous datasets for EEA39. Resolution 10-20m, aggregated products with 100m available. Nov. 30, 2020, 8:38 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
INSPIRE Annex I: Cadastral parcels Partially The level of compliance of the Dataset must be verify case by case. Coverage may not be complete. Sept. 1, 2021, 12:10 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Coastal Zones Land Cover / Land Use Partially only partial coverage of Europe Nov. 30, 2020, 8:34 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) Partially Suitable information on Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) for most European regions; additional information on regional characteristics, p.e. for mediterranean or far northern areas still lacking, therefore only partially compliant. Low update frequency. May 13, 2020, 11:28 p.m. July 26, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Corine Land Cover Plus Backbone - Land Cover Raster Product Fully Consists of different layers covering various topics (Forest, Grassland, Water, Imperviousness); resoulution compliant April 16, 2024, 9:57 a.m. April 16, 2024, 9:57 a.m.