Copernicus CORINE Land Cover

COPERNICUS/CORINE/V20/100m
Dataset Availability
1986-01-01T00:00:00Z–2018-12-31T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("COPERNICUS/CORINE/V20/100m")
Tags
copernicus eea esa eu landcover landuse-landcover
clc
corine

Description

The CORINE (coordination of information on the environment) Land Cover (CLC) inventory was initiated in 1985 to standardize data collection on land in Europe to support environmental policy development. The project is coordinated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme and implemented by national teams. The number of participating countries has increased over time currently including 33 (EEA) member countries and six cooperating countries (EEA39) with a total area of over 5.8M km2.

CLC2018 is one of the datasets produced within the frame the Corine Land Cover programme referring to land cover / land use status of year 2018. The reference year of the first CLC inventory was 1990 and the first update created in 2000. Later, the update cycle has become 6 years. Satellite imagery provides the geometrical and thematic basis for mapping with in-situ data as essential ancillary information. The basic technical parameters of CLC (i.e. 44 classes in nomenclature, 25 hectares minimum mapping unit (MMU), and 100 meters minimum mapping width) have not changed since the beginning, therefore the results of the different inventories are comparable.

The time period covered by each asset is:

  • 1990 asset: 1989 to 1998
  • 2000 asset: 1999 to 2001
  • 2006 asset: 2005 to 2007
  • 2012 asset: 2011 to 2012
  • 2018 asset: 2017 to 2018

Bands

Pixel Size
100 meters

Bands

Name Description
landcover

Land cover

landcover Class Table

Value Color Description
111 #e6004d

Artificial surfaces > Urban fabric > Continuous urban fabric

112 #ff0000

Artificial surfaces > Urban fabric > Discontinuous urban fabric

121 #cc4df2

Artificial surfaces > Industrial, commercial, and transport units > Industrial or commercial units

122 #cc0000

Artificial surfaces > Industrial, commercial, and transport units > Road and rail networks and associated land

123 #e6cccc

Artificial surfaces > Industrial, commercial, and transport units > Port areas

124 #e6cce6

Artificial surfaces > Industrial, commercial, and transport units > Airports

131 #a600cc

Artificial surfaces > Mine, dump, and construction sites > Mineral extraction sites

132 #a64dcc

Artificial surfaces > Mine, dump, and construction sites > Dump sites

133 #ff4dff

Artificial surfaces > Mine, dump, and construction sites > Construction sites

141 #ffa6ff

Artificial surfaces > Artificial, non-agricultural vegetated areas > Green urban areas

142 #ffe6ff

Artificial surfaces > Artificial, non-agricultural vegetated areas > Sport and leisure facilities

211 #ffffa8

Agricultural areas > Arable land > Non-irrigated arable land

212 #ffff00

Agricultural areas > Arable land > Permanently irrigated land

213 #e6e600

Agricultural areas > Arable land > Rice fields

221 #e68000

Agricultural areas > Permanent crops > Vineyards

222 #f2a64d

Agricultural areas > Permanent crops > Fruit trees and berry plantations

223 #e6a600

Agricultural areas > Permanent crops > Olive groves

231 #e6e64d

Agricultural areas > Pastures > Pastures

241 #ffe6a6

Agricultural areas > Heterogeneous agricultural areas > Annual crops associated with permanent crops

242 #ffe64d

Agricultural areas > Heterogeneous agricultural areas > Complex cultivation patterns

243 #e6cc4d

Agricultural areas > Heterogeneous agricultural areas > Land principally occupied by agriculture, with significant areas of natural vegetation

244 #f2cca6

Agricultural areas > Heterogeneous agricultural areas > Agro-forestry areas

311 #80ff00

Forest and semi natural areas > Forests > Broad-leaved forest

312 #00a600

Forest and semi natural areas > Forests > Coniferous forest

313 #4dff00

Forest and semi natural areas > Forests > Mixed forest

321 #ccf24d

Forest and semi natural areas > Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations > Natural grasslands

322 #a6ff80

Forest and semi natural areas > Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations > Moors and heathland

323 #a6e64d

Forest and semi natural areas > Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations > Sclerophyllous vegetation

324 #a6f200

Forest and semi natural areas > Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations > Transitional woodland-shrub

331 #e6e6e6

Forest and semi natural areas > Open spaces with little or no vegetation > Beaches, dunes, sands

332 #cccccc

Forest and semi natural areas > Open spaces with little or no vegetation > Bare rocks

333 #ccffcc

Forest and semi natural areas > Open spaces with little or no vegetation > Sparsely vegetated areas

334 #000000

Forest and semi natural areas > Open spaces with little or no vegetation > Burnt areas

335 #a6e6cc

Forest and semi natural areas > Open spaces with little or no vegetation > Glaciers and perpetual snow

411 #a6a6ff

Wetlands > Inland wetlands > Inland marshes

412 #4d4dff

Wetlands > Inland wetlands > Peat bogs

421 #ccccff

Wetlands > Maritime wetlands > Salt marshes

422 #e6e6ff

Wetlands > Maritime wetlands > Salines

423 #a6a6e6

Wetlands > Maritime wetlands > Intertidal flats

511 #00ccf2

Water bodies > Inland waters > Water courses

512 #80f2e6

Water bodies > Inland waters > Water bodies

521 #00ffa6

Water bodies > Marine waters > Coastal lagoons

522 #a6ffe6

Water bodies > Marine waters > Estuaries

523 #e6f2ff

Water bodies > Marine waters > Sea and ocean

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
landcover_class_names STRING_LIST

Land cover class names

landcover_class_palette STRING_LIST

Land cover class palette

landcover_class_values INT_LIST

Value of the land cover classification.

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Access to data is based on a principle of full, open, and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. For more information visit: https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/corine-land-cover/clc2018?tab=metadata.

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var dataset = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/CORINE/V20/100m/2012');
var landCover = dataset.select('landcover');
Map.setCenter(16.436, 39.825, 6);
Map.addLayer(landCover, {}, 'Land Cover');
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