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VEGETATION
VEGETATION STATE products
ENERGY
ENERGY BUDGET products
WATER
WATER CYCLE products
Bio-geophysical variables to understand
ecosystem dynamics, estimate crop
yield, manage natural resources, assess
global land carbon budget and to
characterise environmental conditions
and disturbances for climate modelling.
Surface radiation variables useful in
a wide range of applications related
to land surface processes, including
(agro-)meteorology, hydrology and
also environmental surveys and climate
studies.
The water cycle plays a major role in
land-atmosphere exchanges. These
variables are useful for applications
such as ecosystem health, crop and
forest productivity, regional and global
climate impact analysis.
• Vegetation Properties
(LAI, FAPAR, FCover)
• Vegetation Indices
(NDVI, VCI, VPI)
• Dry Matter Productivity
• Burnt Areas
• Top Of Canopy Reflectances
(BRDF corrected)
• Surface Albedo
(White and Black sky)
• Land Surface Temperature
• Soil Water Index
• Area of Water Bodies
Global Land Service for a
Wide Range of Applications
The Copernicus European Earth Observation and Monitoring program has entered its fully operational
phase following the adoption of the Copernicus regulation in 2014.
The Copernicus Global Land Service is the component of the Copernicus Land service which ensures a global
systematic monitoring of the Earth’s land surface. It provides bio-geophysical variables in near real time describing
the state of vegetation, the energy budget and the water cycle, including their changes and disturbances,
derived from the imagery of low and medium resolution satellite sensors.
An operational fully fledged Global Land Service is required to answer the needs of EU
Policies in the following areas: - Agriculture & food security
- Land degradation & desertification
- Forest & water resources management
- Biodiversity
- Rural development
- Climate change
The Global Land Service variables are produced in a timely
manner, complemented by the constitution of historical
archives while specific attention is given on the consistency
of the time-series.
The products are provided according to the free and open
data policy of Copernicus through a user friendly data
portal at http://land.copernicus.eu/global/access.
Operations Contact:
Bruno Smets
VITO NV, Belgium
[email protected]
+32 14 33 68 39
Scientific Contact:
Roselyne Lacaze
HYGEOS, France
[email protected]
+33 5 63 03 78 24
COPERNICUS Global Land Service
to support & consolidate:
* EU contributions to GEO/GEOSS
* EU policies at international level
* EU commitments under international
treaties & conventions
Contract Management:
HELPDESK
- [email protected]
- +32 14 33 68 14
(8:00AM – 4:00PM CET/CEST, 7 days / week)
Institutional Coordination:
PARTNERS
- IPMA
- METEO-FRANCE
- ZAMG
- CREAF
Michael Cherlet
DG-JRC, Italy
[email protected]
+39 03 32 78 99 82
- EOLAB
- INRA
- TU Wien
- University of Leicester
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Michel Massart
DG-GROW, Belgium
[email protected]
+32 2 298 86 59
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