25ed7a97-e3a6-42ed-a403-d636d6880e6d European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu pointOfContact 2025-10-09T10:41:23.630003Z ISO 19115/19139 1.0 EPSG:3035 Water and Wetness 2015 (raster 20 m), Europe, 3-yearly, Nov. 2020 2018-03-22 creation 2018-03-22 publication 2020-11-19 revision 07.00 copernicus_r_3035_20_m_waw-2015_p_2009-2015_v07_r00 DAT-202-en 10.2909/25ed7a97-e3a6-42ed-a403-d636d6880e6d The Copernicus High Resolution Water and Wetness (WAW) 2015 layer is a thematic product showing the occurrence of water and wet surfaces over the period from 2009 to 2015 for the EEA38 area and the United Kingdom. This metadata corresponds to the 20m classified Water and Wetness product. The production of the High Resolution Water and Wetness layers was coordinated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme. Two WAW products are available: - The main Water and Wetness (WAW) product, with defined classes of (1) permanent water, (2) temporary water, (3) permanent wetness and (4) temporary wetness. - The additional expert product: Water and Wetness Probability Index (WWPI). The products show the occurrence of water and indicate the degree of wetness in a physical sense, assessed independently of the actual vegetation cover and are thus not limited to a specific land cover class and their relative frequencies. Data is provided as a mosaic of the full area, and as tiles with a side length of 1000 km x 1000 km. In 2020, and due to methodological improvements, the temporary wet class has been reprocessed during the update for the 2018 reference year. 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/25ed7a97-e3a6-42ed-a403-d636d6880e6d.png Land cover GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme EEA38 (from 2020) United Kingdom Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. 2015-07-17 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions forest management landscape alteration land use water land cover GEMET 2021-11-30 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet European Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeumetadatacodelistSpatialScope-SpatialScope Land use EEA topics 2020-09-24 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.eea-topics 2018 3.6.1 EEA Management Plan 2023-06-22 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. 98fed314-cc2a-4744-a4c9-1ee7473d58cb 7992f641-bf77-47b7-b0c1-74fc832b78b1 grid 20 utf8 environment imageryBaseMapsEarthCover 2009-01-01 2015-12-31 -31.2684 -13.4198 27.6375 66.5662 -10.6198 44.8212 34.5619 71.1855 GeoTIFF 1.0 https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/GioLandPublic/HRL_WaterWetness_2015/MapServer/WMSServer?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0 OGC:WMS 0 HRL Water and Wetness 2015 - 20m https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/high-resolution-layer-water-and-wetness/water-and-wetness-status-2015#download WWW:DOWNLOAD CLMS Website Download (requires authentication) https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/high-resolution-layer-water-and-wetness WWW:LINK Product Information & Technical Documentation https://doi.org/10.2909/25ed7a97-e3a6-42ed-a403-d636d6880e6d DOI https://doi.org/10.2909/25ed7a97-e3a6-42ed-a403-d636d6880e6d https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/GioLandPublic/HRL_WaterWetness_2015/MapServer ESRI:REST https://image.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/GioLandPublic/HRL_WaterWetness_2015/MapServer 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 Quality assurance follows the ISO9000 standards for Quality Management and comprises of dedicated procedures of on-going 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 will be 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. In 2020, due to methodological improvements, the temporary wet class has been reprocessed during the update for the 2018 reference year.