3,292 resources found
Dataset: European Soil Database (ESDB)
The European Soil Database (ESDB) contains four discrete datasets: - the Soil Geographical Database of Eurasia at scale 1:1,000,000 (SGDBE) - the Pedotransfer Rules Database (PTRDB) - the Soil Profile Analytical Database of Europa (SPADBE) - the Database of Hydraulic Properties of European Soils (HYPRES) This 1km x 1km raster version release of the database is freely available to the public and co ... (read more)
Dataset: Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation 2013-2024 (raster 20m, 300m), Ground-Based Observations for Validation project sites - version 3.5.0, Dec 2025
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
The Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) corresponds to the amount of radiation at wavelengths of between 400 nm and 700 nm that is absorbed by the canopy. FAPAR is a dimensionless quantity that ranges from 0 to 1 and depends on illumination geometry and the proportion of direct and diffuse radiation. The GBOV service (Ground-Based Observations for Validation) is a proj ... (read more)
Dataset: EEA reference grid for Serbia (10km), May 2011
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSPIRE geographical grid systems. The sample grid available here is part of a set of three polygon grids in 1, 10 and 100 kilometres. The grids cover at least country borders and, where applicable, marine Exclusive Economic Zones v2.0, http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/marbound. Note that the extent of the g ... (read more)
Dataset: Soil Moisture 2013-2024 (raster 1km), Ground-Based Observations for Validation project sites - version 4.1.0, Dec 2025
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
Soil moisture corresponds to the volumetric fraction of water contained in the soil, expressed in cubic meters of water per cubic meter of soil (m³/m³). The GBOV service (Ground-Based Observations for Validation) is a project funded by the European Commission. Its objective is to provide analysis-ready validation data to support the evaluation of Earth Observation products. The core aim of GBOV is ... (read more)
Dataset: Water exploitation index, plus (WEI+)_superseded (2000-2019)
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
An indicator comparing water use versus renewable freshwater resources in a given area and time resolution e.g. annual water scarcity at country level.
Dataset: Leaf Area Index Reference Measurements 2013-2024 (20m), Ground-Based Observations for Validation project sites - version 2.0, Dec 2025
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
The Leaf Area Index (LAI) is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes plant canopies. It is defined as the one-sided green leaf area per unit ground surface area (LAI = leaf area / ground area, m² / m²) in broadleaf canopies. The LAI values are dimensionless. The GBOV service (Ground-Based Observations for Validation) is a project funded by the European Commission. Its objective is to provide a ... (read more)
Dataset: Medium Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: start-of-season date (raster 500m), March 2022
- Publisher
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
- Contact point
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk (JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu)
The raster file is the time series of the start of the vegetation growing season. The start of the growing season time-series is based on the time series of the Plant Phenology Index (PPI) derived from the MODIS BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance product (MODIS MCD43 NBAR). The PPI index is optimized for efficient monitoring of vegetation phenology and is derived from the source MODIS data using radiative ... (read more)
Dataset: Observation-based gridded runoff estimates for Europe (E-RUN version 1.1), Jul. 2016
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
This is the metadata for the river runoff estimates for Europe. River runoff is an essential climate variable as it is directly linked to the terrestrial water balance and controls a wide range of climatological and ecological processes. Despite its scientific and societal importance, there are to date no pan-European observation-based runoff estimates available. With this dataset a recently devel ... (read more)
Dataset: NOx, European air quality data for 2006, (interpolated data)
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
The data set provides concentrations for the air pollutants NOx at 10 km grid combining monitoring air quality data in a ‘regression-interpolation-merging mapping’ methodology and the observational values of the air quality monitoring stations used in the interpolation. It covers Europe for the year 2006. It provides estimates for human health related indicators of pollutants NOx (annual average) ... (read more)
Dataset: Ratio of percentage of urban green space between administrative units in Q5 (top 20%) and Q1 (bottom 20%) of proportion of people over 65, 2020
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
This metadata refers to the vector dataset presenting, at EEA38 member country level for 2020, the ratio of the average urban green space between urban administrative units containing population with the highest percentage of people over 65 years old (top 20% or 5th quintile) and the administrative units containing population with the lowest proportion of people over 65 years old (bottom 20% or 1s ... (read more)
Dataset: EEA reference grid for Luxembourg (10km), May 2011
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSPIRE geographical grid systems. The sample grid available here is part of a set of three polygon grids in 1, 10 and 100 kilometres. The grids cover at least country borders and, where applicable, marine Exclusive Economic Zones v2.0, http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/marbound. Note that the extent of the g ... (read more)
Dataset: Climatic suitability for non-cholera Vibrio outbreaks (2003-2021), Apr 2023
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
This metadata refer to the dataset presenting the annual change in the percentage of coastal area per European country that is suitable for infections from vibrio species between 2003 and 2021. Vibrio bacteria can lead to severe gastrointestinal infections, skin and ear infections, and more severe health outcomes, including necrotising fasciitis, amputation, sepsis, and death. In Europe, cases hav ... (read more)
Dataset: Water Layer 2016-present (raster 100 m), Europe, 3-yearly
- Publisher
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
- Contact point
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk (JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu)
This is the metadata covering the Water Layer (WL) product. The WL is one of the products of the pan-European High-Resolution Water Snow & Ice portfolio (HR-WSI), which are provided at high spatial resolution from the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 constellations data from September 1, 2016 onwards. The WL is generated for the 2021 reference year. It is a a multi-annual product based on the information ... (read more)
Dataset: Corine Land Cover 1990 - 2000 changes (vector) - version 15, Aug. 2011
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
Corine Land Cover 1990 - 200 changes - version 15 (08/2011) is one of the datasets produced within the frame the Corine Land Cover programme referring to land cover / land use changes between year 1990 and 2000. The Corine Land Cover (CLC) is an European programme, coordinated by the European Environment Agency (EEA), providing consistent information on land cover and land cover changes across Eur ... (read more)
Dataset: NO2, European air quality data for 2012, (interpolated data)
- Contact point
- European Environment Agency (sdi@eea.europa.eu)
The data set provides concentrations for the air pollutants NO2 at 1 km grid combining monitoring air quality data in a ‘regression-interpolation-merging mapping’ methodology and the observational values of the air quality monitoring stations used in the interpolation. It covers Europe for the year 2012. It provides estimates for human health related indicators of pollutants NO2 (annual average) f ... (read more)
Dataset: Soil Water Index 2007-present (raster 12.5 km), global, 10-daily - version 4
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
- Contact point
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk (JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu)
The Soil Water Index 10 day product (SWI10) averages the daily SWI product over 10 days. It is produced on every 10th, 20th and last of each Month.
Dataset: Reference Land Cover in Niassa-Selous 2017-2019 (vector) - version 1, June 2020
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
- Contact point
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk (JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu)
This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over Niassa-Selous (Africa) for 2017 in the framework of the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the generic 8 classes dichotomus legend (EAF_04_lc_a) or the detailed modular legend (EAF_04_lc_b). The mapped area of interest (AOI) represent ... (read more)
Dataset: Reference Land Cover Change in Mbam Djerem 2000-2015 (vector) - version 1, January 2018
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
- Contact point
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk (JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu)
This metadata refers to the Land Cover Change vector data generated over Mbam Djerem (Africa) for 2000-2015 in the framework of the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the generic 8 classes dichotomus legend (CAF_16_lcc_a). The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a Key Landscape for Conservation ... (read more)
Dataset: Reference Land Cover in Yangambi 2016-2018 (vector) - version 1, October 2019
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
- Contact point
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk (JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu)
This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over Yangambi (Africa) for 2016 in the framework of the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the generic 8 classes dichotomus legend (CAF_99_lc_a) or the detailed modular legend (CAF_99_lc_b). The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a k ... (read more)
Dataset: Reference Land Cover Change in Lomami 2000-2015 (vector) - version 1, Sep. 2019
- Publisher
- European Commission's Joint Research Centre
- Contact point
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk (JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu)
This metadata refers to the Land Cover Change vector data generated over Lomami (Africa) in the framework of the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the generic 8 classes dichotomus legend (CAF_15_lcc_a) or the detailed modular legend (CAF_15_lcc_b). The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a Key ... (read more)