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  LANDMATE PFT land cover dataset for Europe 2015 (Version 1.0)

The LANDMATE PFT dataset provides a land cover map for Europe for the year 2015 in 0.1° (~10km) and 0.018° (~2km) resolution. The dataset is based on land cover data of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (ESA-CCI, native resolution: 300m) which is translated into 16 plant functional types (PFTs) and non-vegetated classes employing the cross-walking procedure introduced by Reinhart et al. (2021). The translation is done under consideration of the Holdridge Life Zones (HLZs), a system, that classifies land areas based on bioclimatic properties. Through the HLZs, regional distinction of the individual PFT distribution can be achieved. The land cover information is given as fractions per grid cell where each fraction represents the area covered by the respective land cover within each grid cell (0-1).

The dataset is available in two different horizontal resolutions, 0.1° (~10km) and 0.018° (~2km), whereby the land cover information is resampled using a fractional approach to achieve the desired resolution.

The LANDMATE PFT dataset was carefully developed and designed to meet the present and future requirements of regional climate models and is therefore recommended to be used for regional climate modeling over the European Continent.

The LANDMATE PFT dataset (0.1° resolution) serves as basemap for the historical and future land use and land cover dataset LUCAS LUC developed by Hoffmann et al. (2021).

 
Citation proposal
(2021) . LANDMATE PFT land cover dataset for Europe 2015 (Version 1.0). https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/wdc-climate.de:3888399
 

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Date ( Publication )
2021-05-27
Edition
1
Identifier
LM_PFT_LandCov_EUR2015_v1.0
Identifier
doi:10.26050/WDCC/LM_PFT_LandCov_EUR2015_v1.0

  Principal investigator

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Vanessa Reinhart  
Contact instructions
Email: vanessa.reinhart@hereon.de
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  

  Author

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Vanessa Reinhart  
Contact instructions
Email: vanessa.reinhart@hereon.de
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  

  Author

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Peter Hoffmann  
Contact instructions
Email: peter.hoffmann@hereon.de
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  

  Author

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Diana Rechid  
Contact instructions
Email: diana.rechid@hereon.de
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  

  Publisher

WDC Climate at DKRZ  

  Point of contact

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Vanessa Reinhart  
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  
Name
NetCDF
Keywords
  • land cover change
Keywords
  • land use change
Keywords
  • regional climate modeling
Use limitation
CC BY 4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Metadata language
eng; USA
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OnLine resource
https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=LM_PFT_LandCov_EUR2015_v1.0  
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File identifier
wdc-climate.de:3888399   XML
Metadata language
eng; USA
Hierarchy level
collection collection
Hierarchy level name
LM_PFT_LandCov_EUR2015_v1.0
Date stamp
2021-04-27T17:02:03
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115
Metadata standard version
ISO 19115-2:2009

  Point of contact

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Vanessa Reinhart  
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  

  Point of contact

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Peter Hoffmann  
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  

  Point of contact

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Diana Rechid  
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  

  Point of contact

Climate Service Center Germany - Dr. Vanessa Reinhart  
Website
http://www.climate-service-center.de  
 
 

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