The PELCOM project: A 1-km pan-European land cover database for environmental monitoring and use in meteorological models

The PELCOM (Pan-European Land Cover Monitoring) project aimed at developing a consistent methodology to derive land cover information on a European scale from Earth Observation data for environmental monitoring. A major achievement was the establishment of a 1-km Pan-European Land Cover Database tha...

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Main Authors: Champeaux, J.L., Mucher, C.A., Steinnocher, K., Griguolo, S., Wester, K., Goutorbe, J.-P., Kressler, F., Heunks, C., Van Katwijk, V.F.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Europe
Image databases
Meteorology
Public healthcare
Remote monitoring
Satellites
Spatial databases
Spatial resolution
Urban areas
Visual databases
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Summary:The PELCOM (Pan-European Land Cover Monitoring) project aimed at developing a consistent methodology to derive land cover information on a European scale from Earth Observation data for environmental monitoring. A major achievement was the establishment of a 1-km Pan-European Land Cover Database that has been applied in various environmental and climate studies. For this purpose, multi-spectral and multi-temporal NOAA-AVHRR satellite imagery and ancillary data have been integrated. Validation has shown a good accuracy.
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858165