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EuroCrops v2.0: multi-annual harmonized parcel level crop type data linked to European Union-wide survey, statistical, and Earth Observation products
Martin Claverie
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Ayshah Chan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Technical University of Munich (TUM), TUM School of Engineering and Design, Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Chair of Remote Sensing Technology, 80333 Munich, Germany
Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), 85748 Garching, Germany
Linda See
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Helena Ramos
Eurostat, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Renate Koeble
ARHS Developments, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Consultant with the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy)
Momchil Yordanov
SEIDOR Consulting S.L., 08500 Barcelona, Spain (consultant with the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy)
Jon Olav Skøien
ARHS Developments, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Consultant with the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy)
Ferdinando Urbano
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Raphael d'Andrimont
European Commission Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development, Brussels, Belgium
Maja Schneider
Technical University of Munich (TUM), TUM School of Engineering and Design, Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Chair of Remote Sensing Technology, 80333 Munich, Germany
Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich, Department of Geography, Munich, Germany
Marco Körner
Technical University of Munich (TUM), TUM School of Engineering and Design, Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Chair of Remote Sensing Technology, 80333 Munich, Germany
Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), 85748 Garching, Germany
Marijn Van der Velde
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
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The Eurocrops v2.0 dataset contains several years of farmer crop declarations from 16 Member States for the Common Agricultural Policy. These data were harmonized with a crop taxonomy and then linked to other classification systems including agricultural statistics and remotely sensed products. This dataset can support researchers and policy makers in tracking changes over time, calculating crop rotations, for national comparisons, for evaluating official statistics and for remote sensing.
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