This dataset contains Land Vegetation Parameter data produced within the Earth Observation Climate Information Service (EOCIS) project. Two vegetation variables corresponding to the leaf area index (LAI) and the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR) are produced with associated quality control maps (QC) for the United Kingdom at 20m and 100m resolutions on both a 15 day and a monthly basis from April 2018 to December 2024. These data were produced by the LEAF toolbox (see documentation) from data acquired from the Multispectral Imager (MSI) on Sentinel-2. Gap-filled data are available for 100m spatial resolution at a 15-day temporal resolution.

The products can be mainly used for environmental monitoring and modelling. In particular, the produced data are suitable for 1) monitoring the spatial and temporal variability of the vegetation cover; including forests and crops, 2) parameterization, calibration, updating and validation of crop growth models commonly used for simulating the crop growth and predicting yield at field and regional scales, and 3) investigating the main patterns for future plans by decision makers.