EEA geospatial data catalogue
Water and Wetness 2018 (raster 10 m), Europe, 3-yearly - version 2, Nov. 2020
The Copernicus High Resolution Water and Wetness (WAW) 2018 layer is a thematic product showing the occurrence of water and wet surfaces over the period from 2012 to 2018 for the EEA38 area and the United Kingdom.
Two products are available:
- The main Water and Wetness (WAW) product, with defined classes of (1) permanent water, (2) temporary water, (3) permanent wetness and (4) temporary wetness.
- The additional expert product: Water and Wetness Probability Index (WWPI).
The products show the occurrence of water and indicate the degree of wetness in a physical sense, assessed independently of the actual vegetation cover and are thus not limited to a specific land cover class and their relative frequencies.
The production of the High Resolution Water and Wetness layers was coordinated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme.
The dataset is provided as 10 meter rasters in 100 x 100 km tiles grouped according to the EEA38 countries and the United Kingdom (fully conformant with the EEA reference grid).
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Identification info
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Date (Creation)
- 2020-08-18
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Date (Publication)
- 2020-08-18
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Date (Revision)
- 2020-11-19
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Edition
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02.00
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Citation identifier
- copernicus_r_3035_10_m_waw-2018_p_2012-2018_v02_r00
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Citation identifier
- DAT-202-en
Identifier
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Commission
OwnerCopernicus Land Monitoring Service
CustodianEuropean Environment Agency
PublisherCopernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk
Point of contact
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Spatial representation type
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Grid
Spatial resolution
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Spatial resolution
- 10 m
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Topic category
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Environment
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Imagery base maps earth cover
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Extent
Temporal extent
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Time period
- 2012-01-01 2018-12-31
Extent
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Maintenance and update frequency
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Continual
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Land cover
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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EEA38 (from 2020)
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United Kingdom
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- GEMET
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landscape alteration
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forest management
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land use
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water
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land cover
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- EEA topics
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Land use
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- EEA Management Plan
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2018 3.6.1
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Resource constraints
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Access constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
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Use constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
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The Copernicus component is governed by Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU. Within the Copernicus component, a portfolio of land monitoring activities has been delegated by the European Union to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
The Copernicus land monitoring products and services are made available on a principle of full, open and free access, as established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013.
Free, full and open access to the products and services of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is made on the conditions that:
1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services (data, software scripts, web services, user and methodological documentation and similar) to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of these products and services.
2. Where the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services have been adapted or modified by the user, the user shall clearly state this.
3. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the European Union.
Associated resource
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Association Type
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Revision Of
Associated resource
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Association Type
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Cross reference
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Metadata Reference
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
Distribution Information
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Distribution format
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GeoTIFF
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OnLine resource
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Download (requires authentication)
Data quality info
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Report
Result
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Title
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
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Statement
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Quality assurance follows the ISO9000 standards for Quality Management and comprises of dedicated procedures of on-going quality checks (QA breakpoints) during implementation of the production chain, in order to keep persistent control over the various stages of production, assure fitness-for-purpose of the end-products and that all quality requirements are fulfilled. Priority will be given to the target thematic accuracies to be achieved by each product, as well as to the issues of product consistency (spatial, thematic, temporal) and homogeneity.
Quality Assessment: The quality assessment has been performed according to INSPIRE Data Specifications. The data quality elements considered are:
(i) Completeness,
(ii) Logical Consistency,
(iii) Thematic Accuracy,
(iv) Temporal quality and (v) Usability.
Each of them (excl. the Thematic Accuracy hereafter) forms a section in the QA/QC Procedures.
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:3035
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Maintenance and update frequency
Metadata
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Metadata identifier
- 7992f641-bf77-47b7-b0c1-74fc832b78b1
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
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Resource type
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Dataset
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Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/7992f641-bf77-47b7-b0c1-74fc832b78b1
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Date info (Creation)
- 2020-11-24T13:08:56Z
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Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T10:58:44.751861Z
Metadata standard
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Title
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ISO 19115/19139
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Edition
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1.0
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