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High Resolution Snow and Ice Monitoring: Wet/Dry Snow (raster 60m)

The Copernicus Wet/Dry Snow (WDS) product is generated in near real-time for the entire EEA38 and the United Kingdom, based on radar satellite data from the Sentinel-1 constellation. The product differentiates the snow state conditions within the snow mask defined by the FSCTOC information (snow fraction at the top of canopy - see the Copernicus Fractional Snow Cover product) with a spatial resolution of 60 m x 60 m. In other words, it provides a binary discrimination of wet and dry snow, identifying patchy snow or snow free areas.

The WDS product is distributed in raster files covering an area of 110 km by 110 km with a pixel size of 60 m by 60 m in UTM/WGS84 projection, which corresponds to the Sentinel-2 input L1C product tile. Each product is composed of two separate GeoTIFF files corresponding to the different layers of the product (the snow state classification -SSC- and the associated quality layer -QCSSC-) and a metadata file.

The WDS 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 WDS product here: https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/snow/high-resolution-wet-dry-snow.

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Date ( Creation )
2021-09-01
Date ( Publication )
2021-09-01
Edition
01.00
Identifier
copernicus_r_utm-wgs84_60_m_hrsi-wds_p_2016-now_v01_r00
Identifier
DAT-244-en
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 )
  • ice
  • land cover
  • landscape alteration
  • monitoring
  • climate change impact
  • snow
Spatial scope ( Theme )
  • European
EEA topics ( Theme )
  • Land use
Temporal resolution ( Temporal )
  • Irregular
EEA Management Plan ( Theme )
  • 2020 3.6.7
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
60  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:32625
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32626
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32627
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32628
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32629
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32630
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32631
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32632
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32633
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32634
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32635
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32636
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32637
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:32638
Distribution format
  • GeoTIFF ( )

OnLine resource
Cryo portal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
https://cryo.land.copernicus.eu/wms/WDS?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0. ( OGC:WMS )
OnLine resource
WEKEO 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 )
OnLine resource
Download (requires authentication) ( 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 WDS retrieval is fully described in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document:

https://land.copernicus.eu/en/technical-library/hrsi-snow-s1-atbd/@@download/file. Its validation is described https://land.copernicus.eu/en/technical-library/hrsi-snow-qar-s1-s2/@@download/file.

File identifier
add40e90-0175-49af-a641-361dda3c7e1d XML
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-02-06T16:46:15.187Z
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 Management Plan
2020 3.6.7
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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