Tree cover definition

Tree cover means area covered by canopy, expressed in square feet or as a percentage of the
Tree cover means area covered by canopy, expressed in square feet or as a percentage of the area of a tract of land.
Tree cover means the area of cover provided by conifer or hardwood tree(s) greater than four inches dbh (diameter at breast height). Tree cover excludes the portion of the canopy that overlies impervious surface areas.

Examples of Tree cover in a sentence

  • Tree cover is an estimated area comprising of tree patches, which are less than 1 hectare and isolated trees outside the recorded forest.

  • Tree cover has been reduced to only 15% of its original cover on the slopes of the Namoi Catchment (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2000).

  • Tree cover has been growing at an annual rate of 1% thanks to a policy prioritising the establishment of protection and production plantations.

  • Tree cover was characterized by the presence of either evergreen or deciduous tree covering >15% surface area (m2).


More Definitions of Tree cover

Tree cover is used instead of "crown cover" in view of compliance with the global land cover initiative (GEO) European Environment Agency Tree cover density (20m x 20m, national and European projections) 2012 Tree cover density 0 - 100% Forest type {20m x 20m, national and European projections) 2012 Broadleaved or Coniferous Tree cover density (100m x 100m (1ha) European projection) 2012 Degree of forest cover 0 - 100% Forest type (100m x 100m (1 ha) European projection) 2012 Broadleaved, mixed) or Coniferous A high resolution data set of permanent grassland shall be produced. The analysis will use the 3 reference years 2006 - 2009 - 2012 to detect the permanent presence of grassland. The discrimination of permanent grassland from other agricultural land areas such as arable land, bare soil, etc... should take into account seasonal variations. A minimum of 3 (worst case), an average of 4-5 and up to maximum 8 seasonal images of AWiFS data (reference year 2012) will be used as additional information for the classification process. Statistical validation will be carried out on the 100m x 100m data. Required minimum accuracy is 80%38.