The CCI Land Cover project aims to generate a multi-sensor global land cover (ECV) dataset, using ENVISAT MERIS and ASAR as well as SPOT-VGT data. It will produce three combined land cover products for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010. The project builds upon the state-of-the-art technology from the GlobCover project. The processing chain contains 2 steps: pre-processing and classification. The work includes the already existing methods of validation, performance assessment and a detailed documentation of the processing procedures. Pre-processing includes the following steps: geometric and radiometric correction of the input data, pixel identification, atmospheric correction, compositing and mosaicing.
Kirches, G., Arino, O., Boettcher, M., Bontemps, S., Brockmann, C., Danne, O., Defourny, P., Kalogirou, V., Lamarche, C., Paperin, M., Radoux, J., Seifert, F.-M., Smollich, S., & Zuehlke, M. (2013). CCI Land Cover Pre-processing. Challenges of pre-processing for Land Cover classification. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Edinburgh, UK. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/260935