Land Cover 2015-2019 (raster 100 m), global, annual - version 3

The Global Dynamic Land Cover product offers annual global land cover maps and cover fraction layers, providing a detailed view of land cover at three classification levels. It uses modern data analysis techniques to ensure temporal consistency and accuracy, with the latest version achieving 80% accuracy at class level 1 on each continent. The product also includes continuous field layers, or "fraction maps", that provide proportional estimates for vegetation and ground cover for the land cover types. These features make it a versatile tool for a wide range of applications, including forest monitoring, rangeland management, crop monitoring, biodiversity conservation, climate modelling, and urban planning.

Dynamic land cover maps include transitions of land cover classes over time and hence captures land cover changes.

This Collection 3 includes the global land cover maps, at 100m resolution, for base year 2015 and subsequent years until 2019. These consist of different layers: the base classification with 23 classes, versatile fractional cover (0-100% per pixel) for the main classes, forest type and related quality information (e.g. classification probability, input data density and confidence level for the change detection).