Copernicus EEA

2024 is coming to an end, and we want to share our highlights with you!✨ Whether you were one of the 300 participants at our first #GeneralAssembly, joined one of our 11 #webinars, or discovered our data through our many articles, use cases, and news items, we want to say thank you for being part of another fantastic year. 🙏 As we look ahead to 2025, we already have many exciting activities planned. You can get a sneak peek 👀 in this year's review! Happy festive season, and enjoy the read 📖: https://lnkd.in/dNYt2auN

Have you already watched 👀 all the romantic comedies for the festive season and are now looking for something to elevate your work in 2025? 💪 Look no further! Dive into our four webinars exploring the High-Resolution Layer - Vegetated #Land Cover Characteristics (HRL-VLCC) product suite in depth. Here’s what’s covered: 🔸 Expert insights from European Environment Agency specialists on #Forest, #Grassland, and #Crop Type products. 🔸 Practical applications from organisations like VITO, GeoVille Information Systems and Data Processing GmbH, CBS Netherlands, CoLAB +ATLANTIC, and the JRC. Whether you attended and want to revisit the material, or missed any of the webinars, all presentations and recordings are available via the link below. Once on the event page of our website, you can follow the link to the webinar of your interest, where you will find all the materials available. Enjoy this little gift from us to you! 🎁 👉 https://lnkd.in/dM6aB22w

Are you interested in becoming our next service provider and producing Corine Land Cover data for the 2024 reference year? 🗓️ The application deadline is 31 January 2025, so don’t delay—apply now! 👉 Find more information here: https://lnkd.in/dp_EP4MB

How can #CLMS snow and ice products help tackle the growing complexities of #winter? ❄️   With climate change reshaping winters in the Northern Hemisphere, we face more uncertain snow conditions such as increased unpredictability, wetter snow, and a shorter snow season overall. These changes have downstream effects on ecosystems, water resources and industries.   In today’s #Observer, discover how our #snow and #ice products deliver vital data to support hydropower generation, flood prevention, and ecological conservation—helping us monitor, adapt, and make smarter decisions. 👉  Read the full Observer here: https://lnkd.in/dmx8pcF5 #ecology #conservation #hyropower #climatechange

We’ve just released the 2018 vector layer of the #CLCplus Backbone! This dataset is part of the CLCplus product suite, designed to complement the popular CORINE Land Cover product and provide high-resolution land cover information. 🗺️ What makes this vector dataset special? ✔️ Unique geometries: Features polygons that reflect aggregated landscape objects ✔️ Expanded classification: Includes 18 land cover classes for more detailed insights ✔️ Enhanced details: Integrates data from other datasets, such as proportion of impervious surfaces and details about slopes and elevation 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dnKRP-Cj #CLMS #LandCover

Information about building heights 🏙️ is vital for urban analysis. It enables studies on areas such as: planning, energy use, impact of pollution and air quality, and the spread of infectious diseases.    The #CLMS Urban Atlas Building Block Height product provides data for urban areas in 870 cities across Europe, and data from Poland’s Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii (Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography) helped achieve greater accuracy and higher quality information in the country 💪   Discover this use case story by EuroGeographics ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eEiw9dTF   #InSitu #UrbanAnalysis #BuildingHeight

#CLMS and In-Situ are attending the #Copernicus SESA Workshop in #Madrid from 10–12 December! The Copernicus Service for EU External and #Security Actions (SESA) enhances situational awareness and security by delivering tailored geospatial products. These are critical for crisis response 🛡️, conflict monitoring, transport safety 🚢✈️, climate security 🌱, and more. Both CLMS and In-Situ are proud to support the SESA mission, providing critical data for security efforts within and beyond EU borders. We’re honoured to have Copernicus in EEA lead Usue Donezar Hoyos and In-Situ expert José Miguel Rubio Iglesias presenting to the security community. Yesterday, we captured this moment when they were together with SESA members, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), and the European Fisheries Control Agency - EFCA. Find out more about SESA and their work here: https://lnkd.in/eY2RYAbc SatCen #Insitu

The #Alps 🏔️, Europe’s iconic high mountain range, are losing their snowy embrace. Here we see the area around the #Matterhorn, where #Switzerland and #Italy are having to redraw their border after shifts caused by melting #glaciers. 🌡️ Warmer winters mean less snowfall, faster melting and more wet snow ❄️ Glaciers, the lifeblood of many Alpine ecosystems, are retreating, leaving rocky slopes in their wake 🌍 These changes threaten water resources, safety, and biodiversity across the region #CLMS High Resolution Water, Snow and Ice (HR-WSI) products show the impacts of climate change in unprecedented detail. They help manage water supplies, mitigate risks, and support sustainable development in Europe’s high-mountain areas. Let’s work together to protect our shared ecological heritage before it’s too late. Get the data here: https://lnkd.in/dwSrU5kV #internationalmountainday #ClimateChange #Alps #Snowfall #Glaciers #SentinelData #ActNow

This is your last chance to join our VLCC #Croplands products #webinar!   ⏰ Today – 14:00 CEST   Learn how to access and leverage VLCC Cropland data for your own projects!   👉 https://2ly.link/20mIN

New global #CLMS product update! 🌍✨ We’re thrilled to announce exciting new features in the Sentinel-2 Global Image Mosaic (S2GM): the LAI (Leaf Area Index) and FAPAR (Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation) mosaics!   These globally available datasets bring significant added value to the service, as they are essential for characterising the earth system and refining models of the #land surface, terrestrial biosphere and #crop dynamics.   More here: https://lnkd.in/d-WiUCTA #CopernicusLand #EarthObservation