The GLOBCOVER project was launched 2004 as an
initiative of ESA which is now evolving to an international
collaboration between ESA, FAO, UNEP, JRC, IGBP and GOFC-GOLD. The
objective of GLOBCOVER is to produce a global land-cover map for the
year 2005, using as main source of data the fine resolution (300 m)
mode data from MERIS sensor on-board
ENVISAT satellite,
acquired over the full year 2005. This new product intends to
complement and update other existing comparable global products,
such as the global land cover map for the year 2000 (GLC 2000) with
a resolution of 1 km produced by the JRC. Appropriate approaches for
the validation of the land cover products are planned to be defined
in consultation with CEOS.
GlobCover 2009 land cover map (1
product a year):
The land cover map is derived by an
automatic and regionally-tuned classification of a time series of
global MERIS FR mosaics for the year 2009. The global land cover map
counts 22 land cover classes defined with the United Nations (UN)
Land Cover Classification System (LCCS).
The GLOBCOVER project was launched 2004 as an
initiative of ESA which is now evolving to an international
collaboration between ESA, FAO, UNEP, JRC, IGBP and GOFC-GOLD. The
objective of GLOBCOVER is to produce a global land-cover map for the
year 2005, using as main source of data the fine resolution (300 m)
mode data from MERIS sensor on-board
ENVISAT satellite,
acquired over the full year 2005. This new product intends to
complement and update other existing comparable global products,
such as the global land cover map for the year 2000 (GLC 2000) with
a resolution of 1 km produced by the JRC. Appropriate approaches for
the validation of the land cover products are planned to be defined
in consultation with CEOS.
GlobCover 2009 land cover map (1
product a year):
The land cover map is derived by an
automatic and regionally-tuned classification of a time series of
global MERIS FR mosaics for the year 2009. The global land cover map
counts 22 land cover classes defined with the United Nations (UN)
Land Cover Classification System (LCCS).
