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Index (NDWI), the Hue (from RGB to HSV transformation) 
and the reflectance in the middle infra-red of 
SPOT/VEGETATION data. The product includes also 
information about the seasonality, i.e. the date of filling and the 
date of drying. The Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) is 
in charge of the methodology, whereas the processing line is 
developed and will run in NRT at VITO. The 
SPOT/VEGETATION water bodies product should be available 
before the end of the year. In a second step, the detection 
algorithm is being adapted to MODIS data (250m resolution) to 
identify smaller ponds. 
The global burnt area product derived from the daily 
SPOT/VEGETATION data is still in development at the 
University of Leicester. Seasonality metrics (start, end and 
timing of maximum burning) are being added to the improved 
L3JRC algorithm (Tansey at al., 2008). At final, the processing 
line will be implemented and run at VITO. Further, in the 
project life, the methodology will be adapted to AATSR sensor 
data. 
5. CONCLUSION 
As geoland2 constitutes a major step forward in the 
implementation of the GMES Land Monitoring Core Service 
(LMCS), the BioPar CMS intends to bring a main brick to build 
the Global component of the LMCS. Through a global 
systematic monitoring service, the Global component of the 
LMCS aims to provide near real time bio-geophysical 
parameters at global scale, addressing primarily the 13 
terrestrial EC Vs, and describing the vegetation state and 
dynamic. The principal scope of the Global component of the 
LMCS is to deliver information products and services on the 
status and evolution of land surfaces in support to specific EU 
policies at international level and European commitments under 
international treaties and conventions, such as the three Rio 
conventions on Climate Change, Desertification and 
Biodiversity. 
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7. AKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The research leading to the results presented in this paper has 
received funding from the European Community’s Seventh 
Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement 
n°218795. All these products are under copyright geoland2.