Sahel Land Cover OSO 2018

A land cover map of the Sahel region for the reference year 2018 produced by supervised classification of Sentinel-2 image time series and using the CGLS maps as reference data for supervision.

The nomenclature is the following:

tree cover:10
forest:100
evergreen needleleaf closed forest:111
evergreen broadleaf closed forest:112
deciduous needleleaf closed forest:113
deciduous broadleaf closed forest:114
closed forest mixed:115
closed forest unknown type:116
evergreen needleleaf open forest:121
evergreen broadleaf open forest:122
deciduous needleleaf open forest:123
deciduous broadleaf open forest:124
open forest mixed:125
open forest unknown type:126
shrubs:20
herbaceous vegetation:30
cropland:40
urban:50
bare / sparse vegetation:60
snow & ice:70
permanent water bodies:80
temporary water bodies:81
herbaceous wetland:90
sea:200
continental land mass not classified:255

The map was produced using iota2, a free and open source platform for automatic map production using satellite image time series.