Imperviousness Density 2015 (raster 20 m), Europe, 3-yearly, Marc. 2018
The high resolution imperviousness products capture the percentage and change of soil sealing. Built-up areas are characterized by the substitution of the original (semi-) natural land cover or water surface with an artificial, often impervious cover. These artificial surfaces are usually maintained over long periods of time. A series of high resolution imperviousness datasets (for the 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018 reference years) with all artificially sealed areas was produced using automatic derivation based on calibrated Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). This series of imperviousness layers constitutes the main status layers. They are per-pixel estimates of impermeable cover of soil (soil sealing) and are mapped as the degree of imperviousness (0-100%). Imperviousness change layers were produced as a difference between the reference years (2006-2009, 2009-2012, 2012-2015, 2015-2018 and additionally 2006-2012, to fully match the CORINE Land Cover production cycle) and are presented 1) as degree of imperviousness change (-100% -- +100%), in 20m and 100m pixel size, and 2) a classified (categorical) 20m change product.
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9e6f3bf3-fa08-44b7-9071-8a69feef6fd0
- Publication Date
- 2018-03-22
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Imperviousness Density 2015 (raster 20 m), Europe, 3-yearly, Marc. 2018
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Imperviousness Density 2015 (raster 20 m)
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The high resolution imperviousness products capture the percentage and change of soil sealing. Built-up areas are characterized by the substitution of the original (semi-) natural land cover or water surface with an artificial, often impervious cover. These artificial surfaces are usually maintained over long periods of time. A series of high resolution imperviousness datasets (for the 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018 reference years) with all artificially sealed areas was produced using automatic derivation based on calibrated Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). This series of imperviousness layers constitutes the main status layers. They are per-pixel estimates of impermeable cover of soil (soil sealing) and are mapped as the degree of imperviousness (0-100%). Imperviousness change layers were produced as a difference between the reference years (2006-2009, 2009-2012, 2012-2015, 2015-2018 and additionally 2006-2012, to fully match the CORINE Land Cover production cycle) and are presented 1) as degree of imperviousness change (-100% -- +100%), in 20m and 100m pixel size, and 2) a classified (categorical) 20m change product.
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English
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- Keywords (GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0)
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Land cover
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EEA39
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Sealing
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Soil surface sealing
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Urban area
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Landscape alteration
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Built environment
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Land use
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Land cover
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European
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2018 3.6.1
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Buildings and construction
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Land use
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Soil
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Geographic Coverage
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Europe
Bounding Box
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-31.27
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-13.42
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66.57
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27.64
Bounding Altitudes
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Geographic Coverage
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Europe
Bounding Box
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-10.62
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44.82
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71.19
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34.56
Bounding Altitudes
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2014-01-01
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2016-12-31
resourceLicensesLicense Information
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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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Copernicus Land Monitoring Service Website (requires authentication)
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Product Information and Technical Documentation
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Online
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ArcGIS REST Services Directory
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Online
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EEA geospatial data catalogue
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Quality assurance follows the ISO9000 standards for Quality Management and comprises of dedicated procedures of ongoing quality checks (QA breakpoints) during implementation of the production chain, in order to keep persistent control over the various stages of production, assure fitness-for-purpose of the end-products and that all quality requirements are fulfilled. Priority has been given to the target thematic accuracies to be achieved by each product, as well as to the issues of product consistency (spatial, thematic, temporal) and homogeneity. Quality Assessment: The quality assessment has been performed according to INSPIRE Data Specifications. The data quality elements considered are: completeness, logical consistency, thematic accuracy, temporal quality and usability. Each of them (excl. the Thematic Accuracy hereafter) forms a section in the QA/QC Procedures.
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Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (2018).Imperviousness Density 2015 (raster 20 m), Europe, 3-yearly, Marc. 2018. European Environment Agency https://doi.org/10.2909/8b83d30f-4731-4de3-bead-1c6432d9d30a.
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1.0
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GeoTIFF
