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Riparian Zone (RZ) Iceland 2012

Riparian zones represent transitional areas occurring between land and freshwater ecosystems, characterised by distinctive hydrology, soil and biotic conditions and strongly influenced by the stream water. They provide a wide range of riparian functions (e.g. chemical filtration, flood control, bank stabilization, aquatic life and riparian wildlife support, etc.) and ecosystem services.

The Riparian Zones products will support the objectives of several European legal acts and policy initiatives, such as the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the Habitats and Birds Directives and the Water Framework Directive.

Land Cover/Land Use (LC/LU) classification is tailored to the needs of biodiversity monitoring in a tailored buffer zone along large and medium-sized European rivers (with Strahler levels 3-8 derived from EU-Hydro). LC/LU is extracted from VHR satellite data and other available data in a buffer zone of selected rivers. The classes follow the pre-defined nomenclature on the basis of MAES typology of ecosystems (Level 1 to Level 4) and Corine Land Cover, providing 80 distinct thematic classes with a Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU) of 0.5 ha and a Minimum Mapping Width (MMW) of 10 m.

The production of the Riparian Zones products was coordinated by the European Environment Agency in the frame of the EU Copernicus programme.

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Date ( Publication )
2019-01-28
Owner
European Environment Agency -
Custodian
Institute of Nature Research -
Smiðjuvellir 28 , Akranes , 300 , Iceland
+354 4309000
Status
Completed
Custodian
Institute of Nature Research -
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Copernicus
Keywords ( Place )
  • Iceland
Keywords
  • Land Cover
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Land use
Keywords
  • Local
Keywords
  • Riparian Zone
  • GSL
GSL flokkun ( Theme )
  • Nature and protection
Use limitation

Access to data is based on a principle of full, open and free access as established by the Copernicus data and information policy Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013. This regulation establishes registration and licensing conditions for GMES/Copernicus users and can be found here. Free, full and open access to this data set is made on the conditions that:

When distributing or communicating Copernicus dedicated data and Copernicus service information to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of that data and information.

Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the Union.

Where that data or information has been adapted or modified, the user shall clearly state this.

The data remain the sole property of the European Union. Any information and data produced in the framework of the action shall be the sole property of the European Union. Any communication and publication by the beneficiary shall acknowledge that the data were produced “with funding by the European Union”.

Access constraints
Copyright
Other constraints
no limitations to public accsess
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / 5325 / 9.5.4
Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Composite
Geometric object count
10839
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( 2 )

OnLine resource
Heimasíða Náttúrufræðistofnun / Homepage of the Institute of Nature Research ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Institute of Nature Research Download Site ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Riparian_Zone_Iceland_2012 ( OGC:WMS )
OnLine resource
Riparian_Zone_Iceland_2012 ( OGC:WFS )
OnLine resource
Geoportal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-11-23
Explanation
See the reference specification
Pass
Yes
Statement

The Institute of Nature Research verified the RZ layer for year 2012 with the LACO-Wiki online tool. The verification results of the RZ2012 for Iceland are disappointing. The overall accuracy is only 62.6% (non weighted: 48%) and correctness of delineated area 39.3%. Detail of delineation on the other hand is very good; 88.6% correct and positional accuracy perfect (100%) compared to the CORE-3 2012 dataset (SPOT-5 images with 2,5 m spatial resolution). See more in report: "RZLC2012_VerificationReport_IS" at the download site of Institute of Nature Research.

Software used for verification: LACO-WIKI, (GoogleEarth, ArcMap 10.5.1)

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File identifier
07355581-d7ff-45ce-8fa8-cb550e150a0f XML
Metadata language
en
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-01-15T14:13:45
Metadata standard name
INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
Metadata standard version
V. 1.2
Point of contact
Institute of Nature Research - ( )
Smiðjuvellir 28 , Akranes , 300 , Iceland
+3544309000
http://www.lmi.is/
 
 

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Keywords

Copernicus Land use
GSL flokkun
Nature and protection
INSPIRE application schema register

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