SENTINEL-2 Fraction of Vegetation Cover (FCOVER) (tiles) - V2 EARTH SCIENCE>SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING>VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS EARTH SCIENCE>CLIMATE INDICATORS>LAND SURFACE/AGRICULTURE INDICATORS>VEGETATION COVER EARTH SCIENCE>LAND SURFACE>LAND USE/LAND COVER>LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION>VEGETATION INDEX Sentinel-2 Sentinel-2 MSI Sentinel-2 MSI DIF10 Orthoimagery biogeophysical FCOVER Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imager SENTINEL-2 VEGETATION COVER VEGETATION INDEX Fraction of vegetation Cover (FCOVER) corresponds to the gap fraction for nadir direction. It is used to separate vegetation and soil in energy balance processes, including temperature and evapotranspiration. It is computed from the leaf area index and other canopy structural variables and does not depend on variables such as the geometry of illumination as compared to FAPAR. For this reason, it is a very good candidate for the replacement of classical vegetation indices for the monitoring of green vegetation. Because of the linear relationship with radiometric signal, FCOVER will be only marginally scale dependent. Note that similarly to LAI and FAPAR, only the green elements will be considered, either belonging both to the overstorey and understorey. 2020-03-01T00:00:00.00Z series urn:eop:VITO:TERRASCOPE_S2_FCOVER_V2 eng -84.0 -180.0 84.0 -180.0 84.0 180.0 -84.0 180.0 -84.0 -180.0 (d) the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information, where such confidentiality is provided for by national or community law to protect a legitimate economic interest, including the public interest in maintaining statistical confidentiality and tax secrecy.