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Parameter
Parameter
Land Cover
11 classes
Represented classes
Represented classes
Trees
Shrubland
Grassland
Cropland
Built-up
Barren/sparse vegetation
Snow/ice
Open water
Herbaceous wetland
Mangroves
Moss and lichen
Description
Description
The European Space Agency (ESA) WorldCover 10 m 2020 product provides a global land cover map for 2020 at 10 m resolution based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data. The WorldCover product comes with 11 land cover classes and has been generated in the framework of the ESA WorldCover project, part of the 5th Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP-5) of the European Space Agency.
European Space Agency (ESA)
European Space Agency (ESA)
Source data
Source data
Description
Description
WorldCover provides a new baseline global land cover product at 10 m resolution for 2020 based on Sentinel-1 and 2 data that was developed and validated in almost near-real time and at the same time maximizes the impact and uptake for the end users.
A tremendous step forward towards the joint use of Sentinel satellite data for worldwide land cover mapping.
Spatial resolution
Spatial resolution
Global coverage
10 m spatial resolution
Temporal resolution
Temporal resolution
Period of observation:
2020
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