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Land Cover Project Office – Annual Report 2007Supporting ESA land cover initiativesThe LC-PO is providing user feedback on releasedGLOBCOVER products. In this case, the assessmentof global bi-monthly MERIS image mosaics throughregional land cover mapping and monitoringprograms (ESA Acquifer working in Africa)The GLOBCOVER project, launched in2004, is an ESA initiative led by aninternational network of partners, inparticular ESA, FAO, UNEP, JRC, IGBPand GOFC-GOLD. The objective is toproduce a global land-cover map forthe year 2005, using fine resolution(300 m) ENVISAT-MERIS data acquiredover the full year 2005 and parts of2006. This new product is intendedto update and to complement otherexisting comparable global products,such as the global land cover map forthe year 2000 with 1 km resolution.The GLOBCOVER project provides an opportunity to implement the GOFC-GOLD objectives forharmonized and validated land cover mapping and the LC-PO plays an active role in thecoordination and development of the products. It participates at project meetings and assiststhe ESA in GLOBCOVER legend development, validation and user assessment. The LC-POcompleted a comparative assessment of GLC2000 and CORINE2000, and providedcoordinated user feedback for released GLOBCOVER image and map products.The first GLOBCOVER land cover classification based on ENVISAT MERIS data was presented withGOFC-GOLD PO support at UNFCCC/COP 13 in Bali 12 during the ESA side event and at a display booth
Land Cover Project Office – Annual Report 2007Presentation, publications and outreachThe LC-PO is continuously producingdocumentations and outreach materials.Several reports, newsletters, and scientificpapers have been produced, edited,released and circulated.The quarterly newsletter is distributed to acomprehensive list of actors involved inglobal land cover assessment troughGOFC-GOLD and GTOS.The GOFC-GOLD LC-PO webpage containsa variety of services to users includingdocumentation on access to global andregional land cover map products and insituobservations.Quarterly NewsletterWeb Pagehttp://gofc-gold.uni-jena.deWith documentation on global, regional and nationalland cover data setsWorkshop reports and deliverables have beensubmitted to ESA. They include status reports,documentation of implementation strategies forharmonization and validation, and results fromprototype studies. The LC-PO has contributed tothe GOFC-GOLD report series, in particularreports summarizing the results of the REDDWorkshop in Bolivia. Further input anddocumentation was provided to UNFCCC COP 12and GEO. The LC-PO has completed severalscientific publications in the peer-reviewedliterature.GOFC-GOLDReport SeriesThe PO office contributed to publicationsreporting on progress in internationalinitiatives, e.g. the GEO publication on“GEO Early achievements” and a GTOSsupplement issue on Essential ClimateVariables.GOFC-GOLD-31:Report of the GOFC-GOLD Workshopon the Proposed East Asia RegionalNetwork, 9 June 2006,Ulaanbaatar/MongoliaGOFC-GOLD-30:Report of the 2nd GOFC-GOLDWorkshop on Reducing Emissionsfrom Deforestation, 17-19 April 2007,Santa Cruz/Bolivia
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