CORINE Land Cover (CLC) Database, 1990-Ongoing

The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) Database was finalized in the early 1990s as part of the European Commission program to COoRdinate INformation on the Environment (CORINE). Since then, the database was updated in 2000 and 2006. CORINE land cover raster and vector data from the 1990, 2000, and 2006 inventories are available as well as changes between these inventory intervals. Land coverages that can be downloaded include: continuous urban fabric; discontinuous urban fabric; industrial or commercial units; road and railroad networks and associated lands; port areas; airports; mineral extraction sites; dump sites; construction sites; green urban areas; sport and leisure facilities; non-irrigated arable land; permanently irrigated land; rice fields; vineyards; fruit trees and berry plantations; olive groves; pastures; annual crops associated with permanent crops; complex cultivation patterns; land principally occupied by agriculture, with significant areas of natural vegetation; agro-forest areas; broad-leaved forests; coniferous forests; mixed forests; natural grasslands; moors and heathland; sclerophyllous vegetation; transitional woodland-shrub; beaches, dunes & sands; bare rocks; sparsely vegetated areas; burnt areas; glaciers and perpetual snow; inland marshes; peat bogs; salt marshes; salines; intertidal flats; water courses; water bodies; coastal lagoons; estuaries; and sea and ocean expanse. Geopgraphical coverage includes: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia the former Yugoslavian Republic of, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and United Kingdom. With the help of CLC data, it is possible to provide support for protecting ecosystems, halting the loss of biological diversity, tracking the impacts of climate change, assessing developments in agriculture, and implementing the EU Water Framework Directive.CORINE土地覆盖（CORINE Land Cover, CLC）数据库于20世纪90年代初定稿，系欧盟委员会环境信息协调（COoRdinate INformation on the Environment, CORINE）计划的组成部分。此后，该数据库分别于2000年与2006年完成更新。1990、2000及2006年三次调查的CORINE土地覆盖栅格（raster）与矢量（vector）数据，以及各调查时段间的土地覆盖变化数据均已对外开放获取。 可下载的土地覆盖类型包括：连续城市建成区、分散式城市建成区、工业与商业用地、道路及铁路网络与附属用地、港口区域、机场、矿产开采场地、垃圾填埋场、建筑工地、城市绿地、体育休闲设施、旱地、永久灌溉地、水田、葡萄园、果树与浆果种植园、橄榄园、牧草地、与多年生作物套种的一年生作物用地、复合型种植用地、以农业为主且附带大面积自然植被的土地、农林复合用地、阔叶林、针叶林、混交林、天然草原、沼泽与灌丛荒原、硬叶植被、过渡性灌丛林地、海滩、沙丘与沙地、裸岩、稀疏植被区、火烧迹地、冰川与永久积雪、内陆沼泽、泥炭沼泽、盐沼、盐田、潮间带滩涂、河道、内陆水体、海岸潟湖、河口湾以及远海与洋面。 地理覆盖范围涵盖：阿尔巴尼亚、奥地利、比利时、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、保加利亚、克罗地亚、塞浦路斯、捷克共和国、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、芬兰、法国、德国、匈牙利、爱尔兰、意大利、拉脱维亚、立陶宛、卢森堡、前南斯拉夫的马其顿共和国、马耳他、黑山、荷兰、波兰、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚、塞尔维亚、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亚、西班牙、瑞典、土耳其以及英国。 借助CLC数据，可为生态系统保护、遏制生物多样性丧失、追踪气候变化影响、评估农业发展态势以及落实欧盟水框架指令（EU Water Framework Directive）提供有力支撑。