Input dataset for land-cover mapping using eumap Library - 2000 to 2020

Benchmark dataset containing slope, elevation, Landsat temporal composites and night light raster layers, and the training samples (LUCAS and CORINE samples compilation) to map the land-cover in different areas of the European Union-EU. The slope and elevation refers to Digital Terrain Model for Continental Europe, and the night light images are from VNP46A1 product (VIIRS/NPP Daily Gridded Day Night Band 500m). The temporal composites were based on GLAD Landsat ARD, considering the 4 seasons and 3 percentiles per season (25, 50 and 75), for 6 spectral (blue, green, red, NIR, SWIR1, SWIR2) and 1 thermal band, resulting at end in 88 Landsat composites per year. The images for each season were selected using the same calendar dates for all period: Winter: December 2 of previous year until March 20 of current year Spring: March 21 until June 24 of current year Summer: June 25 until September 12 of current year Fall: September 13 until December 1 of current year The temporal composites were generated to Sentinel-2 L2A for 2018, 2019 and 2020, using the same approach (4 seasons x 3 percentiles x 6 spectral bands). The benchmark areas were selected according to the EU tiling system, which consists of 7,042 regular tiles with 30 x 30 km. The dataset uses the ETRS89-extended / LAEA Europe as spatial reference system (EPSG:3035), and all the raster layers have 1,000 x 1,000 pixels and 30m of spatial resolution. For all the EU the training samples will have 32 land-cover classes, varying according to the benchmark area: 111: Urban fabric 122: Road and rail networks and associated land 123: Port areas 124: Airports 131: Mineral extraction sites 132: Dump sites 133: Construction sites 141: Green urban areas 211: Non-irrigated arable land 212: Permanently irrigated arable land 213: Rice fields 221: Vineyards 222: Fruit trees and berry plantations 223: Olive groves 231: Pastures 311: Broad-leaved forest 312: Coniferous forest 321: Natural grasslands 322: Moors and heathland 323: Sclerophyllous vegetation 324: Transitional woodland-shrub 331: Beaches, dunes, sands 332: Bare rocks 333: Sparsely vegetated areas 334: Burnt areas 335: Glaciers and perpetual snow 411: Inland wetlands 421: Maritime wetlands 511: Water courses 512: Water bodies 521: Coastal lagoons 522: Estuaries 523: Sea and ocean See the eumap library for more information about the gapfiling approach and land-cover mapping using this dataset.This work has received funding from the European Union's the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) under Grant Agreement Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Telecom project 2018-EU-IA-0095 (https://ec.europa.eu/inea/en/connecting-europe-facility/cef-telecom/2018-eu-ia-0095)