Europe vs Melanesia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- Europe
- Melanesia
How they compare
Europe currently reports 13,906 1000 ha against 0 1000 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 13,906 1000 ha.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 6th of 26 groups.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15,175 1000 ha | 0.0156 1000 ha | 15,175 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 14,407 1000 ha | 0 1000 ha | 14,407 1000 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 14,016 1000 ha | 0 1000 ha | 14,016 1000 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Europe or Melanesia?
- Europe, at 13,906 1000 ha against 0 1000 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Europe and Melanesia?
- 13,906 1000 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Melanesia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Melanesia rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Europe ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 6th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.