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Selsam, Peter; Lausch, Angela; Bumberger, Jan: Germany Mosaic – A 40 years high resolution time course over the whole of Germany [dataset publication series]. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967266 (dataset in review)

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Abstract:
The "Germany Mosaic" is a time series of Landsat satellite images and vectorized segments of the whole of Germany from 1984 to 2023. The image data are divided into the TK100 sheed sections (see further details: Blattschnitt der Topographischen Karte 1:100 000). The dataset contains for each year optimized 6 band imagery for summer (May to July) and autumn (August to October) and the vegetation indices NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and NirV (Near-infrared reflectance of Vegetation) for the same time periods. In addition, vectorized "zones" of roughly homogeneous pixels are provided for each year. The spectral characteristics of the image data and the morphological characteristics of the zones are provided as vector attributes (see Documentation: "Mosaic (1984-2023) - data description"). An overview of the coverage and quality of all sheet sections is given as a vector layer at "D-Mosaik_Sheet-Sections" in this document.
In mid-latitudes, seasonal changes in vegetation and thus in the image data, are usually much greater than changes over several years. The temporal periods of the data sets have been chosen so that together they represent the entire vegetation period (May to October), while the division into a summer and a autumn period represents the seasonal change in the metabolic rate of natural biotopes and at the same time record most of the agricultural changes due to sowing and harvesting. Depending on the weather conditions, the individual image data contain the median, the mean value or the best individual image of the specified period (see Documentation: "Mosaic (1984-2023) - data description").
Remote sensing has become an important tool and service for environmental research, especially for landscape analysis. Moreover, the spatial distribution and development of remotely sensed parameters can effectively complement and extend traditional biological, ecological, geographical as well as epidemiological tasks.
Keyword(s):
ecosystem transitions; Germany; Image segmentation; indicators; Landsat 5; Landsat 6; Landsat 8; Landsat 9; Landscape pattern; Landscape structure; NDVI; NIRv; Vegetation index
Related to:
Selsam, Peter; Bumberger, Jan; Wellmann, Thilo; Pause, Marion; Gey, Ronny; Borg, Erik; Lausch, Angela (2024): Ecosystem Integrity Remote Sensing—Modelling and Service Tool—ESIS/Imalys. Remote Sensing, 16(7), 1139, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16071139
Selsam, Peter; Gey, Ronny; Lausch, Angela; Bumberger, Jan (accepted): Imalys - Image Analysis. https://zenodo.org/records/8116370
Related code / software:
Selsam, Peter (2024): Imalys – ESIS tool for Image Analysis. https://github.com/c7sepe2/Imalys_ESIS-Software-Tools
Documentation:
Selsam, Peter (2024): D-Mosaic (1984-2023) - data description. 3, D-Mosaik_Data-Description.pdf
Further details:
Blattschnitt der Topographischen Karte 1:100 000 (TK100) (b100)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 54.140899 * Median Longitude: 10.108498 * South-bound Latitude: 47.999100 * West-bound Longitude: 7.800000 * North-bound Latitude: 55.198273 * East-bound Longitude: 13.998108
Date/Time Start: 1984-05-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-10-31T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Amrum, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968950
  2. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Bergen, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969151
  3. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Fehmarn, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969096
  4. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Gluecksburg, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968914
  5. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Heide, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969379
  6. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Helgoland, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969340
  7. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Husum, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968963
  8. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Laboe, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969015
  9. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Muenchen, Germany from 1985 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.965018
  10. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Prerow, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969104
  11. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Schleswig, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968997
  12. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from St-Peter-Ording, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969387
  13. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Suederluegum, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968907
  14. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Sylt, Germany from 1985 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968798
  15. Selsam, P; Lausch, A; Bumberger, J (in review): Satellite Color Images, Vegetation index and Metabolism index from Zingst, Germany from 1984 – 2023. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.969123