The European Forest Disturbance Atlas:  a forest disturbance monitoring system  using the Landsat archive

Viana-Soto, Alba; Senf, Cornelius

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2373-2025

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2373-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2373-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

Data description paper

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05 Jun 2025

Data description paper |

| 05 Jun 2025

The European Forest Disturbance Atlas: a forest disturbance monitoring system using the Landsat archive

Alba Viana-Soto and Cornelius Senf

Data sets

European Forest Disturbance Atlas (v2.1.1.) Alba Viana-Soto and Cornelius Senf https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13333034

European Forest Disturbance Atlas viewer Alba Viana-Soto and Cornelius Senf https://albaviana.users.earthengine.app/view/european-forest-disturbance-map

Model code and software

Code for The European Forest Disturbance Atlas: A forest disturbance monitoring system using the Landsat archive Alba Viana Soto https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15579709

force David Frantz https://github.com/davidfrantz/force

Short summary

Europe's forests are undergoing complex changes in response to increasing disturbances driven by climate and land use changes. Here, we present the European Forest Disturbance Atlas, a satellite-based approach for mapping annual forest disturbances across continental Europe from 1985 onwards. Maps provide insights into the year of disturbance occurrence, the actual frequency of disturbances, severity and the underlying causal agent, thus contributing to a future monitoring system envisioned for Europe.