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. 2023 Jul 19;10:468. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02344-3

Table 6.

Pixel count, total area, standard error of the adjusted area-estimate and 95% confidence interval for each acreage estimate of the EUSALP LULC Map classes.

Class Pixels Area [ha] Std Error [ha] 95% Conf [ha]
Artificial surfaces and constructions 129,019,941 322,550 43,562 87,124
Dense settlement area (>30%) 185,039,653 462,599 42,333 84,666
Low density settlement area (<30%) 68,998,850 172,497 17,072 34,144
Builtup area 305,690,414 764,226 24,046 48,091
Open settlement area 102,764,003 256,910 16,193 32,385
Industrial and commercial zones 140,919,712 352,299 26,857 53,713
Road Networks & railways 590,250,386 1,475,626 33,776 67,551
Green urban areas 35,522,902 88,807 14,772 29,543
Cultivated areas - Arable Land 3,449,750,460 8,624,376 75,017 150,034
Permanent Crops 18,951,784 47,379 94,924 189,847
Vineyard 124,660,392 311,651 43,529 87,058
Orchard 87,646,510 219,116 35,522 71,045
Managed Grassland - Pastures - 1,390,491,303 3,476,228 195,749 391,497
Seminatural Grassland - Meadows 1,117,587,099 2,793,968 165,931 331,862
Broadleaf tree cover 33,480,573 83,701 19,191 38,383
Broadleaf tree cover 30–60% 534,125,818 1,335,315 52,541 105,082
Broadleaf tree cover 60–100% 3,163,093,328 7,907,733 99,273 198,546
Coniferous tree cover 22,657,922 56,645 30,836 61,673
Coniferous tree cover 30–60% 336,996,724 842,492 42,195 84,391
Coniferous tree cover 60–100% 3,101,178,390 7,752,946 23,678 47,355
Tree Cover 394,320,290 985,801 75,466 150,932
Tree cover in agricultural context 138,829,319 347,073 28,427 56,854
Tree cover in urban context 71,049,235 177,623 8,582 17,164
Green linear elements/woody features 255,049,543 637,624 55,269 110,538
Scrub and shrubland 802,900,990 2,007,252 120,658 241,317
Alpine and sub-alpine natural grassland 327,276,038 818,190 48,220 96,441
Moors and Heathland - other scrubland 7,953,134 19,883 3,667 7,334
Beaches, dunes, sands 13,165,630 32,914 14,302 28,604
Bare rocks and rock debris 209,975,282 524,938 97,129 194,257
Sparsely vegetated land 18,264,721 45,662 50,837 101,673
Permanent snow-covered surfaces 185,528,615 463,822 39,626 79,252
Wetland - inland marshes 41,487,179 103,718 22,943 45,886
Coastal salt marshes 4,886,556 12,216 21,817 43,633
Water bodies 257,221,913 643,055 31,876 63,752
River network 23,884,227 59,711 3,166 6,332
Lagoons and Estuaries 4,869,249 12,173 12,861 25,722

For easier interpretation, the road and railways, agricultural, green linear elements and river LULC classes were each aggregated into a single class.