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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
[[File: GLCCandWindPRO.png|right|thumb|250px|GlobCover Roughness Data in WindPRO]]GlobCover is an ESA initiative which began in 2005 in partnership with JRC, EEA, FAO, UNEP, GOFC-GOLD and IGBP. The aim of the project was to develop a service capable of delivering global composites and land cover maps using as input observations from the 300m MERIS sensor on board the ENVISAT satellite mission. ESA makes available the land cover maps, which cover 2 periods: December 2004 - June 2006 and January - December 2009. See more at: http://due.esrin.esa.int/globcover/
[[File: GLCCandWindPRO.png|right|thumb|250px|GlobCover Roughness Data in WindPRO]]GlobCover is an ESA initiative which began in 2005 in partnership with JRC, EEA, FAO, UNEP, GOFC-GOLD and IGBP. The aim of the project was to develop a service capable of delivering global composites and land cover maps using as input observations from the 300m MERIS sensor on board the ENVISAT satellite mission. ESA makes available the land cover maps, which cover 2 periods: December 2004 - June 2006 and January - December 2009. See more at: http://due.esrin.esa.int/globcover/
There is a validation report available at: http://due.esrin.esa.int/globcover/LandCover2009/GLOBCOVER2009_Validation_Report_2.2.pdf


== Coverage ==
== Coverage ==
This dataset has a global coverage. It is based on a 1 km x 1 km grid, so note that such a resolution is too coarse for micro-scale AEP calculation models! These data are the version 2.0 of the global land cover characteristics data base, see [http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/glcc.php USGS web site] for further details.
This dataset has a global coverage (except for the arctics). It is based on a 300 m x 300 m grid.


== Legends ==
== Legends ==
Various legends exist for this dataset. At EMD, we use the legend from the US Geological Survey, see the table below. In addition to the legend, we (EMD) also suggested a roughness length, z0. This length is shown in the last column of the table.
The Globcover dataset has 23 different categories that EMD has mapped in to a suggest roughness length, z0.


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== License and Acknowledgement ==
== License and Acknowledgement ==
This dataset is in the US Public Domain. USGS only asks that proper credit is given while using this dataset. A suggested format is to write:
When using the dataset please use the following acknowledgement:


Credit: U.S. Geological Survey.
Global land cover data: © ESA 2010 and UCLouvain
http://due.esrin.esa.int/


== External Link ==
== External Link ==
Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0, available at: [http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/glcc.php http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/glcc.php] (2013).
http://due.esrin.esa.int/globcover/

Revision as of 12:06, 29 July 2014

Introduction

GlobCover Roughness Data in WindPRO

GlobCover is an ESA initiative which began in 2005 in partnership with JRC, EEA, FAO, UNEP, GOFC-GOLD and IGBP. The aim of the project was to develop a service capable of delivering global composites and land cover maps using as input observations from the 300m MERIS sensor on board the ENVISAT satellite mission. ESA makes available the land cover maps, which cover 2 periods: December 2004 - June 2006 and January - December 2009. See more at: http://due.esrin.esa.int/globcover/

There is a validation report available at: http://due.esrin.esa.int/globcover/LandCover2009/GLOBCOVER2009_Validation_Report_2.2.pdf

Coverage

This dataset has a global coverage (except for the arctics). It is based on a 300 m x 300 m grid.

Legends

The Globcover dataset has 23 different categories that EMD has mapped in to a suggest roughness length, z0.

Table: USGS Legend for the GLCC Data with Roughness Classification Data by EMD
ID Land Cover Type EMD Roughness Class
1 Urban and Built-Up Land z0=0.400
2 Dryland Cropland and Pasture z0=0.100
3 Irrigated Cropland and Pasture z0=0.100
4 Mixed Dryland/Irrigated Cropland and Pasture z0=0.100
5 Cropland/Grassland Mosaic z0=0.070
6 Cropland/Woodland Mosaic z0=0.150
7 Grassland z0=0.050
8 Shrubland z0=0.070
9 Mixed Shrubland/Grassland z0=0.060
10 Savanna z0=0.070
11 Deciduous Broadleaf Forest z0=0.400
12 Deciduous Needleleaf Forest z0=0.400
13 Evergreen Broadleaf Forest z0=0.500
14 Evergreen Needleleaf Forest z0=0.500
15 Mixed Forest z0=0.400
16 Water Bodies z0=0.0002
17 Herbaceous Wetland z0=0.030
18 Wooded Wetland z0=0.100
19 Barren or Sparsely Vegetated z0=0.020
20 Herbaceous Tundra z0=0.050
21 Wooded Tundra z0=0.150
22 Mixed Tundra z0=0.100
23 Bare Ground Tundra z0=0.030
24 Snow or Ice z0=0.001

License and Acknowledgement

When using the dataset please use the following acknowledgement:

Global land cover data: © ESA 2010 and UCLouvain http://due.esrin.esa.int/

External Link

http://due.esrin.esa.int/globcover/