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High Resolution Snow and Ice Monitoring: Persistent Snow Area - LAEA projection (raster 20m)

The Copernicus Persistent Snow Area (PSA) product is generated annually for the entire EEA38 and the United Kingdom, based on the Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) information. It provides the extent of the persistent snow cover, i.e. the area where snow is present throughout the hydrological year with a spatial resolution of 20 m x 20 m.

This metadata refers to the PSA product distributed in raster files as tiles aligned with the Pan-European High-Resolution Layers in the European 20 m x 20 m grid (ETRS89 LAEA - EPSG: 3035). It is also available in another projection as tiles aligned with Sentinel-2 (UTM/WGS84) at 20 m x 20 m GSD. It is typically released on an annual basis with a release date in October, after the end of the hydrological year. Each product is composed of two separate GeoTIFF files corresponding to the different layers of the product, and another metadata file of the product. The first layer provides the PSA (with "no data" pixels in case of cloud conditions for all observations over the period of computation) whereas the second layer provides the QC (Quality Control, with the confidence level on the PSA layer).

PSA is one of the products of the pan-European High-Resolution Snow & Ice service (HR-S&I), which are provided at high spatial resolution (20 m x 20 m and 60 m x 60 m), from the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 constellations data from September 1, 2016 onwards.

You can read more about the PSA product here: https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/snow/high-resolution-persistent-snow-area.

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Date ( Creation )
2020-07-01
Date ( Publication )
2020-10-14
Edition
01.00
Identifier
copernicus_r_3035_20_m_hrsi-psa_p_2016-now_v01_r00
Distributor
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
https://land.copernicus.eu
Custodian
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
https://land.copernicus.eu
Point of contact
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
https://land.copernicus.eu

Point of contact

No information provided.
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Land cover
Keywords
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. ( Place )
  • EEA38 (from 2020)
  • United Kingdom
Keywords
GEMET ( Theme )
  • landscape alteration
  • climate change impact
  • monitoring
  • ice
  • land cover
  • snow
Spatial scope ( Theme )
  • European
Temporal resolution ( Temporal )
  • Annually
EEA topics ( Theme )
  • Land use
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users.

Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

2. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the Union.

3. Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

4. The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.

Spatial representation type
Grid
Distance
20  m
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2016-09-01
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3035
Distribution format
  • GeoTIFF ( )

OnLine resource
WEKEO portal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Cryo portal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
REST API ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Product user manual ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
HDA API (Harmonized Data Access (WEkEO) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Statement

The algorithm for PSA retrieval is fully described in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document:

https://land.copernicus.eu/en/technical-library/hrsi-snow-atbd/@@download/file. Its validation is described https://land.copernicus.eu/en/technical-library/hrsi-snow-qar-s2/@@download/file.

Source
  • Fractional Snow Cover (raster 20m) 2016-present, Europe, daily, Jul. 2020
File identifier
3f4f9d35-38e2-4728-ad6e-0f19fa75025f XML
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-02-06T16:45:16.242Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6 , Copenhagen , K , 1050 , Denmark
 
 

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Keywords

EEA topics
Land use
GEMET
climate change impact ice land cover landscape alteration monitoring snow
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Land cover
Spatial scope
European

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