Geospatial data

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This page describes the geospatial data sources and datasets integrated into the CLUES workflow. For each data source, a short description, source-specific configuration file (config), spatial and temporal resolution, download format and reference link are provided

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) Global Reanalysis (EAC4)

• Description: Global atmospheric composition reanalysis implemented by ECMWF, using data assimilation of satellite and in-situ observations.
• Years: 2003–present
• Resolution: 0.75°×0.75°, 3-hourly
• Format: NetCDF
• Config: cams-global-reanalysis-eac4.json
• More Info

Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reanalysis-era5-single-levels

• Description: Global climate reanalysis (ERA5) implemented by ECMWF, using data assimilation of satellite and in-situ observations.
• Years: 1940–present
• Resolution: 0.25°×0.25°, hourly
• Format: NetCDF
• Config: reanalysis-era5-single-levels.json
• More Info
• Note: Default CLUES dataset includes years 2000-2025

Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reanalysis-era5-single-levels

• Description: Global climate reanalysis (ERA5) implemented by ECMWF, using data assimilation of satellite and in-situ observations.
• Years: 1950–present
• Resolution: 0.1°×0.1°, hourly
• Format: NetCDF
• Config: reanalysis-era5-land.json
• More Info
• Note: Default CLUES dataset includes years 2000-2025

ESPON

• Description: European socioeconomic data at NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) level. NUTS is a hierarchical system developed by the European Union to divide its member states into standardized territorial units for collecting and analyzing regional statistics. It consists of three levels — NUTS 1 (major regions), NUTS 2 (basic regions for policy implementation), and NUTS 3 (small regions for detailed analysis) — with additional subdivisions at the LAU (Local Administrative Unit) level for finer granularity.
• Years: Varies by product
• Resolution: Varies by product
• Format: CSV
• Config: espon.json
• More Info

DLR Earth Observation Center (EOC) Geoservice

• Atmosphere:
  • Description: A collection of satellite-derived global atmospheric composition and cloud property layers provided as composite images via WMS, covering global daily or monthly observations from missions like GOME, GOME-2, and TROPOMI.
  • Years: Varies by product
  • Resolution: Varies by product
  • Format: GeoTIFF
  • Config: EOC_Atmosphere_Coverage_Service.json
  • More Info here and here
• World Settlement Footprint (WSF):
  • Description: Global maps outlining the extent of human settlements. Includes static products for specific years and the WSF Evolution (WSF-Evo) dataset showing annual changes.
  • Years: 2015, 2019 (WSF); 1985–2015 (WSF-Evo)
  • Resolution: 10m×10m (WSF), yearly; 30m×30m (WSF-Evo), yearly
  • Format: GeoTIFF
  • Config: EOC_WSF.json
  • More info
• WSF3D:
  • Description: A global dataset of the average height, total volume, total area and the fraction of buildings, capturing 3D urban structure.
  • Years: Static
  • Resolution: 90m×90m
  • Format: GeoTIFF
  • Config: EOC_WSF3D.json
  • More info

Copernicus Global Digital Elevation model (DEM)

• Description: Global elevation data representing Earth's surface.
• Resolution: 30m×30m and 90m×90m, static for years 2011 - 2015
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Config: copernicus_dem.json
• More Info

Copernicus Global Land Service

• Description: Global land cover classification with 23 classes aligned with UN-FAO's Land Cover Classification.
• Years: 2015-2019
• Resolution: 100m×100m, yearly
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Config: copernicus_dynamic_land_cover.json
• More Info

Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

• Corine Land Cover dataset
  • Description: European land cover classification and monitoring with 44 thematic classes, ranging from broad forested areas to individual vineyards.
  • Years: 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018
  • Resolution: 100m×100m, yearly
  • Format: GeoTIFF
  • Config: corine_copernicus.json
  • More Info
  • Note: Default CLUES dataset includes years 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018
• Tree Cover Density
  • Description: European tree cover density.
  • Years: 2012, 2015, and annually from 2018 to 2021
  • Resolution: 100m×100m, yearly
  • Format: GeoTIFF
  • Config: treecover_copernicus.json
  • More Info
  • Note: Default CLUES dataset includes years 2012, 2015, and 2018
• Forest type
  • Description: The European Forest Type layers provide information on the presence of forest and its dominant leaf type.
  • Years: 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021
  • Resolution: 100m×100m, yearly
  • Format: GeoTIFF
  • Config: treecover_copernicus.json
  • More Info
  • Note: Default CLUES dataset includes years 2012, 2015, and 2018

Moderate Resolution Imagining Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

• Description: Global Vegetation Index Products - NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index).
• Years: 2000-2025
• Resolution: 250m×250m, 16-day; 1km×1km, monthly
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Config: modis_vegetation.json
• More Info

SPEI (Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index)

• Description: Global drought index based on precipitation and evapotranspiration.
• Years: 1901–present
• Resolution: 0.5°×0.5°, monthly
• Format: NetCDF
• Config: spei.json
• More Info
• Note: Default CLUES dataset includes years 2000-2025

Hydrosheds - Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD) version 2

• Description: Global inland surface waters distinguished into 33 waterbody and wetland types.
• Years: Static
• Resolution: 500m×500m
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Config: hydrosheds_GLWD.json
• More Info

DMSP–VIIRS - Harmonized Night-Time Lights

• Description: Global nighttime light intensity from satellites, harmonized across sensors.
• Years: 1992–2021
• Resolution: 1km×1km, yearly
• Format: GeoTIFF
• Config: ntl.json
• More Info
• Note: Default CLUES dataset includes years 2000-2025