Following products are available for Leaf Type:
- Copernicus High Resolution Forest Type (described under Life Form Algorithms)
- NASA Land Cover Type MCD12Q1 (Version 6)
- ESA CCI Land Cover Map (second phase)
- ESA CORINE Land Cover
LEAF TYPE CLASSIFICATION
NASA LAND COVER TYPE MCD12Q1 (VERSION 6)
Period: 2001 – 2017 Sensor: MODIS Terra + Aqua Frequency: Yearly Resolutions: 500m Extent: Global Data can be accessed here. Algorithm description: The product consists of 13 science data sets including tree layer classes based on FAO LCCS. The algorithm is based on supervised classification. Inter-annual variability is caused by classifier instability. To remove this instability ‘Hidden Markov Model’ is used to…
ESA CCI LAND COVER MAP (SECOND PHASE)
Period: 1992 – 2015 Sensor: AVHRR, PROBA-V, SPOT-VGT, MERIS FR & RR Frequency: Yearly Resolutions: 300m Extent: Global Data can be accessed here. Algorithm description: The algorithm uses time series of surface reflectance data and derives land cover map using ‘machine learning’ and unsupervised classification algorithms. FAO LCCS system is followed for classification. Accuracy: Detailed validation is still ongoing, however, some limited work…
ESA Corine Land Cover
Period: 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012 Sensor: 1990 – Landsat 5 (MSS/TM) single date 2000 – Landsat 7 ETM (single date) 2006 – SPOT 4/5, IRS P6 LISS III (dual date) 2012 – IRS P6 LISS III, RapidEye (dual date) Resolutions: 100 and 250m Extent: Pan-European Data can be accessed here. Algorithm description: The product development is joint initiative by European countries.…