CanopySat Forest Validation Dataset v1.0

AUTHOR

Raymond Sauti — Forest Engineer & GeoSpatial Software Engineer

INSTITUTION

CanopySat — Forest Intelligence Ecosystem · Liège, Belgium

PUBLISHED

2026-09-21

FORMAT

JSON

SIZE

3.7 KB · 10 zones · 3 reference datasets

LICENSE

CC BY 4.0 — Open Access

Description

Systematic comparison of CanopySat forest cover results against 3 global reference datasets (Hansen/UMD GFW 2025, FAO FRA 2020, ESA WorldCover 2021) across 10 forest zones on 4 continents. Contains forest cover percentages, deforestation alerts, NDVI values and CanopySat scores for each zone.

validation Hansen/UMD FAO ESA WorldCover forest cover satellite Sentinel-2 Landsat Google Earth Engine

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This dataset is published under CC BY 4.0 — Free to use with attribution. Suggested citation:
Raymond Sauti — Forest Engineer & GeoSpatial Software Engineer (2026). CanopySat Forest Validation Dataset v1.0. CanopySat. canopysat.org

🛰️ Satellite Sources

All data processed via Google Earth Engine with a dedicated ESA/Google service account.

ESA Sentinel-2 (10m) ESA Sentinel-1 (10m) NASA Landsat 8/9 (30m) NASA Landsat 4/5 (30m) NASA FIRMS/VIIRS (375m) NASA GEDI LiDAR (25m→10m fusion)