Copernicus Global Land Service: Land Cover 100m: version 2 Globe 2015: Validation Report

The Validation Report describes in detail the quality of the satellite-based 100m Land Cover product of the global component of the Copernicus Land Service. It includes assessments by inter-comparison with similar land cover datasets and by using an independent validation dataset.

The related Product User Manual is the starting point for the reader and summarizes all aspects of the product (algorithm, quality, contents, format, etc). The Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document describes in full detail the methodology used to retrieve the land cover maps starting from input satellite observations.