Analytical review of European projects LUCAS and CORINE for monitoring and validation of land cover and landuse on the basis of satellite and ground observations and experience of land cover mapping in Ukraine

Abstract

Analytical review of the European project CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) Land Cover (CLC) and LUCAS (Land Use/Cover Area Frame Statistical Survey) and their use for the monitoring and validation of land cover and land use is fulfilled. The experience of land cover mapping in Ukraine on the basis of developed in the Space Research Institute of NAS of Ukraine and SSA of Ukraine neural network classification methods, heterogeneous satellite data fusion methods and implementation of appropriate automated information technologies within the SIGMA and Sen2Agri European projects are considered.