Title :
The PELCOM project: A 1-km pan-European land cover database for environmental monitoring and use in meteorological models
Author :
Champeaux, J.L. ; Muche, C.A. ; Steinnoche, K. ; Griguolo, S. ; Wester, K. ; Goutorbe, J.-P. ; Kressle, F. ; Heunks, C. ; Van Katwijk, V.F.
Author_Institution :
Meteo-France, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
The PELCOM (Pan-European Land Cover Monitoring) project aimed at developing a consistent methodology to derive land cover information on a European scale from Earth Observation data for environmental monitoring. A major achievement was the establishment of a 1-km Pan-European Land Cover Database that has been applied in various environmental and climate studies. For this purpose, multi-spectral and multi-temporal NOAA-AVHRR satellite imagery and ancillary data have been integrated. Validation has shown a good accuracy
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; meteorology; remote sensing; terrain mapping; AVHRR; Europe; PELCOM project; Pan-European Land Cover Monitoring; atmosphere; database; environmental monitoring; geophysical measurement technique; land cover; land surface; land use; meteorology; multispectral remote sensing; satellite imagery; terrain mapping; Europe; Image databases; Meteorology; Public healthcare; Remote monitoring; Satellites; Spatial databases; Spatial resolution; Urban areas; Visual databases;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858165
