1d25633a-6bcb-49cc-a6a6-ebc5c7b360a3 European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu pointOfContact 2025-10-09T10:39:20.709641Z ISO 19115/19139 1.0 EPSG:3035 EPSG:32738 EPSG:32740 EPSG:32620 EPSG:32622 Ploughing indicator 2017 - Present (raster 10m), Europe, yearly, Nov. 2024 2024-05-21 creation 2024-12-01 publication 01.00 copernicus_r_3035_10_m_plough_p_2017-now_v01_r00 10.2909/1d25633a-6bcb-49cc-a6a6-ebc5c7b360a3 The High Resolution Layer Ploughing indicator (PLOUGH) raster product continues the 2015 and 2018 PLOUGH Layer following a rolling archive principle by adding current information and removing historic years. It indicates the number of years since the last indication of ploughing within the permanent grassland area. PLOUGH is derived by taking into account the series of binary HER layers, the BVL classifications and HR VPP PPI (Plant Phenology Index) quantiles. BVL classes 4 (crop) and 7 (overlaying layer between herbaceous and crop) indicate a ploughing event. Low HR VPP PPI quantiles indicate low vegetation at a certain time of the year. For years with missing information (2016 and earlier) the ploughing information from the historic PLOUGH product is considered which causes some issues. This dataset is provided annually starting in 2017 with 10 meter rasters (fully conformant with the EEA reference grid) in 100 x 100 km tiles covering the EEA38 countries. High Resolution Layer Grasslands product is part of the European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. This dataset includes data from the French Overseas Territories (DOMs) European Commission https://commission.europa.eu owner Copernicus Land Monitoring Service JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu https://land.copernicus.eu custodian European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu publisher Copernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk JRC-Copernicus-Land@ec.europa.eu https://land.copernicus.eu/en/contact-service-helpdesk pointOfContact https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/public/catalogue-graphic-overview/1d25633a-6bcb-49cc-a6a6-ebc5c7b360a3.png Land cover GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme EEA38 (from 2020) Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. 2015-07-17T12:00:00 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions agricultural method land use GEMET 2021-11-30 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet European Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeumetadatacodelistSpatialScope-SpatialScope Biodiversity Nature EEA topics 2020-09-24 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.eea-topics 2024 6.5.24 EEA Management Plan 2021-08-25 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.eea-mp no limitations to public access The Copernicus component is governed by Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU. Within the Copernicus component, a portfolio of land monitoring activities has been delegated by the European Union to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The Copernicus land monitoring products and services are made available on a principle of full, open and free access, as established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. Free, full and open access to the products and services of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is made on the conditions that: 1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services (data, software scripts, web services, user and methodological documentation and similar) to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of these products and services. 2. Where the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services have been adapted or modified by the user, the user shall clearly state this. 3. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the European Union. grid 10 utf8 environment imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -31.285 44.807 27.642 71.165 2018-01-01 -54.6203 -51.6142 2.1065 5.7653 -61.815 -60.994 15.8241 16.5206 -61.2351 -60.7907 14.3837 14.8826 55.2087 55.8416 -21.3949 -20.8656 44.9382 45.3053 -13.0793 -12.5781 GTiff https://geoserver.vlcc.geoville.com/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS HRL_GRA:PLOUGH_S2017 CLMS_HRL_PloughingIndicator_S2017_R10m https://geoserver.vlcc.geoville.com/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS HRL_GRA:PLOUGH_S2018 CLMS_HRL_PloughingIndicator_S2018_R10m https://geoserver.vlcc.geoville.com/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS HRL_GRA:PLOUGH_S2019 CLMS_HRL_PloughingIndicator_S2019_R10m https://geoserver.vlcc.geoville.com/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS HRL_GRA:PLOUGH_S2020 CLMS_HRL_PloughingIndicator_S2020_R10m https://geoserver.vlcc.geoville.com/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS HRL_GRA:PLOUGH_S2021 CLMS_HRL_PloughingIndicator_S2021_R10m https://wekeo.copernicus.eu/data?view=catalogue&facets=contactOrg~European Environment Agency WWW:DOWNLOAD WEkEO Portal https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/high-resolution-layer-grasslands WWW:LINK Product Information & Technical Documentation https://doi.org/10.2909/1d25633a-6bcb-49cc-a6a6-ebc5c7b360a3 DOI Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See the referenced specification The yearly Ploughing Indicator (PLOUGH) indicates the temporal extent (0-6 years) since the last ploughing activity observed on (non-permanent) grassland as observed from the available satellite imagery within a period of 6 years prior to the respective reference year. To maintain consistency between PLOUGH, Grassland layer (GRA) and Herbaceous cover (HER) some adaptions have been made to the historic PLOUGH product. Class 0 - indication of ploughing in current year, former class 0 converted to class 253, class 100 will contain all pixel that change between two years due to changes in the HER but not ploughed. The PLOUGH is derived by taking into account the series of binary HER layers, the Base Vegetation Layer (BVL) classifications and High Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (HR VPP) Plant Phenology Index (PPI) quantiles. BVL classes 4 (crop) and 7 (overlaying layer between herbaceous and crop) indicate a ploughing event. Low HR VPP PPI quantiles indicate low vegetation at a certain time of the year. For years with missing information (2016 and earlier) the ploughing information from the historic PLOUGH product is considered which causes some issues described in the ATBD. This dataset is a continuation of the HRL Plouing Indicator timeseries, previously generated on a 3-year update cycle since 2015. The models and input data used to generate the product have evolved and therefore higher quality is to be expected as the timeseries progress. Quality assurance follows the ISO9000 standards for Quality Management and comprises of dedicated procedures of ongoing quality checks (QA breakpoints) during implementation of the production chain, in order to keep persistent control over the various stages of production, assure fitness-for-purpose of the end-products and that all quality requirements are fulfilled. Priority has been given to the target thematic accuracies to be achieved by each product, as well as to the issues of product consistency (spatial, thematic, temporal) and homogeneity. Quality Assessment: The quality assessment has been performed according to INSPIRE Data Specifications. The data quality elements considered are: (i) Completeness, (ii) Logical Consistency, (iii) Thematic Accuracy, (iv) Temporal quality and (v) Usability. Each of them (excl. the Thematic Accuracy hereafter) forms a section in the QA/QC Procedures.