Forest Canopy Cover Loss (FCCL) - Germany - Monthly, 10m

This raster dataset shows forest canopy cover loss (FCCL) in Germany at a monthly resolution from September 2017 to September 2024. It is similar to the product developed in Thonfeld et al. (2022) but was fully reprocessed and updated to reveal the most recent forest disturbance dynamics. The combination of Sentinel-2A/B and Landsat-8/9 data allows for a high temporal resolution while the pixel size of the product is 10 m. The results are clipped to the stocked area 2018 mapped by the Johann-Heinrich-von-Thünen Institute (Langner et al. 2022, https://doi.org/10.3220/DATA20221205151218). The dataset contains predominantly larger canopy openings resulting from different drivers but also larger clusters of standing deadwood. FCCL can result from abiotic (e.g. wind, fire, drought, hail) drivers, biotic (e.g. insects, funghi) drivers or a combination of both as well as from sanitary and salvage logging and planned harvest.
Suggested Data Citation
German Aerospace Center (DLR) (2025): Forest Canopy Cover Loss (FCCL) - Germany - Monthly, 10m. https://doi.org/10.15489/ef9wwc5sff75
Coverage
Geographic Boundaries
North:	54.99°
West:	5.99°
East:	15.02°
South:	47.30°
Time Period
Start date:	2017-09-01
End date:	2024-09-30
More Information
Keywords:	Canopy Cover Loss, Disturbance, Forest, Germany, Landsat, Multispectral, Sentinel-2, opendata
Contact:	Frank.Thonfeld@dlr.de
Access / Use Restriction:	License
Data Use Guidelines	Creative Commons BY 4.0
Links
Mission / Project Information
Reference	https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030562 Thonfeld, F.; Gessner, U.; Holzwarth, S.; Kriese, J.; da Ponte, E.; Huth, J.; Kuenzer, C. A First Assessment of Canopy Cover Loss in Germany’s Forests after the 2018–2020 Drought Years. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 562.
DOI (of Dataset)	https://doi.org/10.15489/ef9wwc5sff75 Digital Object Identifier
EOC Geoservice Dataset Landing Page	https://geoservice.dlr.de/web/datasets/fccl Dataset Landing Page
Product Search / Ordering
EOC EO Products Service - STAC Collection: FCCL_DE_P1M	https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/ogc/stac/v1/collections/FCCL_DE_P1M FCCL_DE_P1M
Downloading Data
HTTP Download (Forest Canopy Cover Loss)	https://download.geoservice.dlr.de/FCCL/files/ HTTP Download