Soil Sealing in Estonia: Reference Assessment and Yard-Level Omission Data

Metsoja, Kärt; Kall, Tarmo; Liba, Natalja; Jürgenson, Evelin

Soil Sealing in Estonia: Reference Assessment and Yard-Level Omission Data

dc.contributor.author	Metsoja, Kärt
dc.contributor.author	Kall, Tarmo
dc.contributor.author	Liba, Natalja
dc.contributor.author	Jürgenson, Evelin
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-30T16:36:12Z
dc.date.available	2026-06-30T16:36:12Z
dc.date.issued	2026
dc.description.abstract	This dataset supports the study “Estimating Soil Sealing in Estonia: Copernicus, National Data, and Reference-Based Assessment”. The study compared European and national spatial datasets used for soil sealing monitoring in Estonia, including CLC+ Backbone, Imperviousness Density, the European Soil Sealing Index, and a proxy derived from the Estonian Topographic Database.	eng
dc.description.abstract	The dataset includes the final stratified reference-assessment sample of 1500 assessment units for 2021, the four-class ETD–CLC+ stratification raster, sampled private and production yards, and digitized additional sealed or compacted surfaces identified within the sampled yards. Reference sealing was interpreted from national orthophotos using direct visual assessment and, where required, a regular 100-point grid within each 10 × 10 m assessment unit. Yard-level digitization was used to estimate sealing omitted from the ETD-derived proxy because of national topographic mapping rules.	eng
dc.description.abstract	The data can be used to reproduce the reported area estimates, examine dataset disagreement, and assess yard-related omissions in national soil sealing monitoring. Original third-party source datasets are not redistributed; their providers, reference years, access locations, and licensing conditions are documented separately.	eng
dc.description.abstract	Data collection period 01.05.2026 - 29.06.2026	eng
dc.description.sponsorship	Estonian Research Council grant PSG1207, EMU base funding P220167MIMP	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10492/10958
dc.publisher	Estonian University of Life Sciences	eng
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)	eng
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	eng
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	eng
dc.subject	soil sealing	eng
dc.subject	land take	eng
dc.subject	Copernicus Land Monitoring Servise	eng
dc.subject	land use	eng
dc.subject	datasets	eng
dc.title	Soil Sealing in Estonia: Reference Assessment and Yard-Level Omission Data	eng
dc.type	Dataset	eng