High Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: Leaf Area Index (raster 10m) version 1 revision 1, Sep. 2021

This metadata refers to the Leaf Area Index (LAI) dataset, one of the near real-time (NRT) Vegetation Index products of the pan-European High Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (HR-VPP), component of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS).

The Leaf Area Index (LAI) is defined as half the total area of green elements of the canopy per unit horizontal ground area.

The satellite-derived value corresponds to the total green LAI of all the canopy layers, including the understory which may represent a very significant contribution, particularly for forests.

The LAI dataset is made available as raster files with 10 x 10m resolution, in UTM/WGS84 projection corresponding to the Sentinel-2 tiling grid, for those tiles that cover the EEA38 countries and the United Kingdom and for the period from October 2016 until today, with daily updates.

Each file has an associated quality indicator (QFLAG2) to assist users with the screening of clouds, shadows from clouds and topography, snow and water surfaces.

Identification info

Date (Publication): 2021-09-02

Date (Creation): 2021-09-02

Edition: 01.01

Citation identifier: copernicus_r_utm-wgs84_10_m_hrvpp-vi-lai_p_2016-now_v01_r01

Status: Superseded

Point of contact

Organisation	Electronic mail address	Website	Role
European Commission		https://commission.europa.eu	Owner
Copernicus Land Monitoring Service	JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu	https://land.copernicus.eu	Custodian
European Environment Agency	sdi@eea.europa.eu	http://www.eea.europa.eu	Publisher
Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk	JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu	https://land.copernicus.eu/en/contact-service-helpdesk	Point of contact

Spatial representation type: Grid

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution: 10 m

Topic category

Environment
Imagery base maps earth cover
Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period: 2016-10-01

Maintenance and update frequency: Continual

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

GEMET

Spatial scope

European

Temporal resolution

Daily

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

United Kingdom
EEA38 (from 2020)

EEA topics

Resource constraints

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: no limitations to public access

Resource constraints

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints

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

Association Type: Cross reference

Metadata Reference

copernicus_r_utm-wgs84_10_m_hrvpp-vi-qflag2_p_2017-ongoing_v01_r01

Associated resource

Association Type: Cross reference

Metadata Reference

copernicus_r_utm-wgs84_10_m_hrvpp-vi-ndvi_p_2017-ongoing_v01_r01

Associated resource

Association Type: Cross reference

Metadata Reference

copernicus_r_utm-wgs84_10_m_hrvpp-vi-fapar_p_2017-ongoing_v01_r01

Associated resource

Association Type: Cross reference

Metadata Reference

copernicus_r_utm-wgs84_10_m_hrvpp-vi-lai_p_2017-ongoing_v01_r01

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format

GeoTIFF

OnLine resource: WEkEO portal

OnLine resource: CLMS_HRVPP_VI_LAI_10M

CLMS_HRVPP_VI_LAI_10M

OnLine resource: Harmonized Data Access (WEkEO)

Harmonized Data Access (WEkEO)

OnLine resource: OpenSearch API

OnLine resource: Product information

OnLine resource: Product user manual

OnLine resource: CLMS_HRVPP_VI_LAI_10M

CLMS_HRVPP_VI_LAI_10M

OnLine resource: Download (requires authentication)

Data quality info

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Report

Result

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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Resource lineage

Statement: Comprehensive information about the product and its documentation can be accessed by following the links provided in the Links section.