LUCAS 2009/2012 results Optimising comparability and Quality Reports Item 4.1 Working Group for Land Cover and Land Use Statistics 2015.05.11-12 Bech building, Quetelet (ESTAT.E4)

LUCAS sample: two phase design Stable since 2006 Stratification Aiming at NUTS2 level estimates New regions added in each survey Fine-tuning in methodology (experience and feedbacks) Trade-off: improvements versus ensuring comparability Improve comparability of LUCAS 2009 - 2012 results

LUCAS 2009 and 2012 results Optimising comparability 3 WPs Improvement in the classification Area sampling applied with differences (thresholds and allocation) 3 WPs proposing proper imputation models for the areas not covered (e.g. using LUCAS 2009 observations for some areas not covered in LUCAS 2012). QRs New statistical tables

Classification change: Land Cover Harmonised criteria of coverage (10%) More restrictive definition of Bare-land (from a coverage of 50% to 90%) Exclusion of mire and swamp forests from land cover peatbogs and the contextual assignment of points to woodland In comparison with 2009, this explains mostly the decrease of Bare-land, due to the more restrictive definition and the swap from Wetland to Wooded areas.

Classification change: Land Use 2 classes suppressed (added parameter status) Hunting Natural reserve the suppression caused a redistribution of the areas of the different uses and impacted the comparison with previous year.

LUCAS 2009 and 2012: Exclusion criteria from second phase sample

PROPOSED APPROACH Separate treatment of the different modules Combining estimation with modelling 2009 only elevation 2012: elevation + accessibility < 1000m 1000-1500 > 1500m

Weighting factor [direct and calibrated estimator] Direct: inverse of selection probability Post – Calibration Elevation class: 0-300m 301-600m 601-900m >900 NUTS2¦¦strata 1677 NUTS1¦¦elevation 267 NUTS0¦¦strata¦¦elevation 531

Main issues addressed  

Results 8 (total area)+ 8 (area < =1500) results For each year, 2009 2012 Starting from different input data set: Base and "projected w/t-1, t observation" Direct and calibration estimator Same procedure excluding from points > 1500 [open issue: how to estimate area above 1500 m; is this kind of data vailable at national level] 8 (total area)+ 8 (area < =1500) results Ongoing assessment of best approach

Combining different options

LUCAS old results: comparing national sources - Estonia

LUCAS revised results: comparing national sources - Estonia

Land cover by country, % of total area Land use and Land cover, 2012 Land Use in EU, % of Total area Land Cover in EU, % of Total area Land cover by country, % of total area

LUCAS Primary data: 2006,2009,2012 Country-specific files available at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/lucas/data/primary-data/YYYY

LUCAS 2009 in-situ micro-data Projected/imputed

LUCAS 2012 in-situ micro-data Projected/imputed

Your feedback Best combination of weighting method Results: Two weeks Critical Classes Geographical level Two weeks