Land Cover Map 2015 (1km percentage aggregate class, N. Ireland)

Rowland, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0459-506X; Morton, Daniel; Carrasco Tornero, Luis; McShane, Gareth; O'Neil, Aneurin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3591-1034; Wood, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998. Land Cover Map 2015 (1km percentage aggregate class, N. Ireland). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 12 April 2017, https://doi.org/10.5285/362feaea-0ccf-4a45-b11f-980c6b89a858 [Output (Electronic)]

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Abstract/Summary

This dataset consists of the 1km raster, percentage aggregate class version of the Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) for Northern Ireland. The 1km percentage product provides the percentage cover for each of 10 aggregated land cover classes for 1km x 1km pixels. This product contains one band per aggregated habitat class (producing a 10 band image). The 10 aggregate classes are groupings of 21 target classes, which are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. The aggregate classes group some of the more specialised classes into more general categories. For example, the five coastal classes in the target class are grouped into a single aggregate coastal class. This dataset is derived from the vector version of the Land Cover Map, which contains individual parcels of land cover and is the highest available spatial resolution. LCM2015 is a land cover map of the UK which was produced at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology by classifying satellite images from 2014 and 2015 into 21 Broad Habitat-based classes. It is the latest in a series of land cover maps, which began with Land Cover Map of Great Britain (LCMGB) in 1990 (LCMGB is now often referred to as LCM1990), and was followed by Land Cover Maps for 2000 and 2007 (LCM2000 and LCM2007 respectively), both of which covered the entire UK. LCM2015 consists of a range of raster and vector products and users should familiarise themselves with the full range (see related records, the CEH web site and the LCM2015 Dataset documentation) to select the product most suited to their needs.

Item Type:	Output (Electronic)
Electronic Identifier / URL / DOI:	https://doi.org/10.5285/362feaea-0ccf-4a45-b11f-980c6b89a858
Date made live:	24 Apr 2017 08:50 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516842

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