Tree Canopy Cover and Height for North Pennines and Dales, 2023

10-meter resolution raster data provides tree canopy cover percentage and mean canopy height for the North Pennines & Dales landscape in northern England. The dataset was derived from LiDAR analysis to create a vegetation height model for the region. It was published by the Environmental Information Data Centre and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of tree canopy cover percentage to identify forest fragmentation or regeneration zones.
• Model carbon sequestration potential by correlating mean canopy height with biomass estimates.
• Assess habitat connectivity for species dependent on tree cover by mapping canopy cover percentage across the landscape.
• Validate or calibrate regional ecological models using the 10-meter resolution canopy height and cover data.

Strengths

• 10-meter spatial resolution provides detailed local analysis of canopy structure.
• Derived from LiDAR analysis, a standard method for precise vegetation height measurement.
• Covers the specific and defined North Pennines & Dales landscape in northern England.

Limitations

• Data may include non-vegetative objects misclassified as tree canopy due to processing artifacts.
• Limited to a single snapshot from 2023, preventing analysis of temporal change.
• Geographic scope is restricted to one region, limiting broader ecological comparisons.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Derived from LiDAR analysis to create a vegetation height model, from which tree crowns were identified and processed.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Data represents conditions from 2023; metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

North Pennines & Dales landscape, northern England