Snow Phenology S2 2016-present (raster 20 m), Europe, annually

The Sentinel-2 Snow Phenology (SP S2) product is generated once a year at European scale, based on Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) products calculated from Sentinel-2 optical data. This product describes the snow season in terms of temporality as it provides, within an hydrological year and for each pixel, the number of days with snow cover, as well as the first and the last day of the longest observed snow period. It has a spatial resolution of 20 m x 20 m, as does the input FSC product. The SP S2 product is distributed in raster files covering an area of 110 km by 110 km with a pixel size of 20 m by 20 m in UTM/WGS84 projection, which corresponds to the Sentinel-2 input L1C product tile. Each product is composed of separate files corresponding to the different layers of the product, and another metadata file." The product is also available in another projection as tiles aligned with the Pan-European High-Resolution Layers in the European grid (ETRS89 LAEA - EPSG: 3035) at 20 m x 20 m and 100 m x 100 m. SP S2 is one of the products of the pan-European High-Resolution Water Snow Ice portfolio (HR-WSI), which are provided at high spatial resolution from the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 constellations data from September 1, 2016 onwards.

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8dc26707-7938-42aa-a436-ccf17726870f

Publication Date
2025-03-05
Title

Snow Phenology S2 2016-present (raster 20 m), Europe, annually

Short Name

Snow Phenology S2 2016-present (raster 20 m)

Abstract

The Sentinel-2 Snow Phenology (SP S2) product is generated once a year at European scale, based on Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) products calculated from Sentinel-2 optical data. This product describes the snow season in terms of temporality as it provides, within an hydrological year and for each pixel, the number of days with snow cover, as well as the first and the last day of the longest observed snow period. It has a spatial resolution of 20 m x 20 m, as does the input FSC product. The SP S2 product is distributed in raster files covering an area of 110 km by 110 km with a pixel size of 20 m by 20 m in UTM/WGS84 projection, which corresponds to the Sentinel-2 input L1C product tile. Each product is composed of separate files corresponding to the different layers of the product, and another metadata file." The product is also available in another projection as tiles aligned with the Pan-European High-Resolution Layers in the European grid (ETRS89 LAEA - EPSG: 3035) at 20 m x 20 m and 100 m x 100 m. SP S2 is one of the products of the pan-European High-Resolution Water Snow Ice portfolio (HR-WSI), which are provided at high spatial resolution from the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 constellations data from September 1, 2016 onwards.

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English

 
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Keywords (GEMET)

  • Climage change impact

  • Environmental policy

  • Ice

  • Land cover

  • Landscape alteration

  • Monitoring

  • Snow

  • Water

Keywords (GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0)

  • Hydrography

  • Land cover

Keywords (Continents, countries, sea regions of the world)

  • EEA38

  • United Kingdom

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Europe

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-32.00

East Bounding Coordinate

46.00

North Bounding Coordinate

72.00

South Bounding Coordinate

27.00

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Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2016-09-01

End Date

2017-08-30

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Intellectual Rights

The Copernicus component is governed by Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU. Within the Copernicus component, a portfolio of land monitoring activities has been delegated by the European Union to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

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No limitations to public access

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https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations
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Online

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EEA geospatial data catalogue

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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/d3e5340d-5325-4196-8c98-cb4e397746ea?language=all

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Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (requires authentication)

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https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/snow/high-resolution-snow-phenology#download
 
 

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Input data are the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data as well as the Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) products.

Citation

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (2025).Snow Phenology S2 2016-present (raster 20 m), Europe, annually. European Environment Agency https://doi.org/10.2909/d3e5340d-5325-4196-8c98-cb4e397746ea

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1.0

 
 

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GeoTIFF