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Copernicus Land Monitoring Service - High Resolution Layers - Forests

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Prod-ID: DAT-189-en

Created 07 Dec 2017 Published 16 May 2018 Last modified 14 Oct 2020

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Topics: Land use Biodiversity — Ecosystems

The high resolution forest product consists of 3 types of (status) products, and additional change products. The status products are available for 2012, 2015, and 2018 reference years: Tree cover density (TCD) (level of tree cover density in a range from 0-100%) Dominant leaf type (DLT) (broadleaved or coniferous majority) A Forest type product (FTY). The forest type product allows to get as close as possible to the FAO forest definition. In its original (10m (2018) / 20m (2012, 2015)) resolution it consists of two products: 1) a dominant leaf type product that has a MMU of 0.5 ha, as well as a 10% tree cover density threshold applied, and 2) a support layer that maps, based on the dominant leaf type product, trees under agricultural use and in urban context (derived from CLC and imperviousness 2009 data). For the final 100m product trees under agricultural use and urban context from the support layer are removed. NEW for 2018: the 10m 2018 reference year FTY product now also has the agricultural/urban trees removed. In the past this was done only for the 100m product, now it is consistently applied for both the 10m and the 100m FTY products. Change layers The forest change products are new, and comprise a) TCDC: a simple tree cover density change product for 2012-2015 (% increase or decrease of real TCD changes). For the 2015-2018 mapping, the change layer is instead only masking loss and new tree cover. b) experimental complex dominant leaf type change product (DLTC), mapping different types of dominant leaf type changes (not yet available online).

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Tree cover density status products

Tree Cover Density 2018
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Tree cover density 2015
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Tree cover density 2012
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Forest type status products

Forest Type 2018
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Forest type 2015
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Forest type 2012
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Dominant leaf type status products

Dominant leaf type 2018
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Dominant leaf type 2015
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Dominant leaf type 2012
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Tree cover density change products

Tree cover change mask 2015-2018
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Tree cover change mask 2012-2015
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Dominant leaf type change products

Dominant leaf type change 2015-2018
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Forest type expert products

Forest additional support layer
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Derived data set: Ecosystem types of Europe

Derived data set: Environmental Accounting Reference Layers - SDI

Geographic accuracy:

100m, 20m, 10m

Rights:

Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users. Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

2. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the Union.

3. Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

4. The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.

Coordinate reference system:

EPSG:3035

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Data delivered by the external service provider.

Owners:

European Union

Processors:

European Environment Agency (EEA)

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