TropForest- ALOS, GEOSAT-1 & KOMPSAT-2 optical coverages over tropical forests ESA/ESRIN EARTH SCIENCE>AGRICULTURE EARTH SCIENCE>BIOSPHERE>ECOSYSTEMS>TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS>FORESTS EARTH SCIENCE>LAND SURFACE EARTH SCIENCE>BIOSPHERE>VEGETATION ALOS Deimos-1 KOMPSAT-2 AVNIR-2 SLIM-6 MSC Orthoimagery Agriculture Forestry Land Surface Vegetation NIR (0.75 - 1.30) µm VIS (0.40 - 0.75) µm Sun-synchronous High Resolution - HR (5 - 20) m Very High Resolution - VHR (0 - 5) m AL1_AV2_2F DE1_SL6_2F KO2_MSC_2F DE1 663 km; KO2 685 km; AL1 692 km DE1 625 km; KO2 15 km; AL1 70 km Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers Cameras ALOS-1 GEOSAT-1 KOMPSAT-2 AVNIR-2 SLIM6 MSC DIF10 The objective of the ESA TropForest project was to create a harmonised geo-database of ready-to-use satellite imagery to support 2010 global forest assessment performed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Assessments for year 2010 were essential for building realistic deforestation benchmark rates at global to regional levels. To reach this objective, the project aimed to create a harmonised ortho-rectified/pre-processed imagery geo-database based on satellite data acquisitions (ALOS AVNIR-2, GEOSAT-1 SLIM6, KOMPSAT-2 MSC) performed during year 2009 and 2010, for the Tropical Latin America (excluding Mexico) and for the Tropical South and Southeast Asia (excluding China), resulting in 1971 sites located at 1 deg x 1 deg geographical lat/long intersections. The project finally delivered 1866 sites (94.7% of target) due to cloud coverages too high for missing sites 2019-05-23T00:00:00.00Z series TropForest eng -50.0 -100.0 40.0 -100.0 40.0 160.0 -50.0 160.0 -50.0 -100.0 EO Sign In Authentication