Land Cover Project Office Annual Report 2007 - GOFC-GOLD LC-IT ...
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<strong>Land</strong> <strong>Cover</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Office</strong> – <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2007</strong>Tasks in the GEO <strong>2007</strong>-09 work planwhere the ESA <strong>LC</strong>-PO has taken thelead implementation role:DATA/ARCH<strong>IT</strong>ECTURE-07-02: Provide a suite ofglobal land cover datasets, initially based onimproved and validated moderate resolutionland cover maps and eventually including landcoverchange at high resolution.Global forest information from satellite:Differences in forest estimates in existingglobal land cover maps (top) limits theirusability. Percent tree canopy cover (bottom).AGRICULTURE-06-04: Initiate an internationalassessment effort on forests and forest changesutilizing ongoing land cover mapping projects(e.g. GLOBCOVER). Ensure application ofstandardized classifications and harmonizationof existing datasets.Concept of the GEOcommunity of practice forforest observationspresented at GEO IIIplenary in November 2006in Bonn, Germany5The table links the GEO areas of societal benefits with global land cover observation requirements
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