Norway's International Climate and Forests Initiative Satellite Data  Program

This program makes high-resolution (<5m per pixel) optical satellite imagery of the tropics freely available to all in the pursuit of helping stop deforestation and combat climate change. This includes PlanetScope Visual Mosaics, PlanetScope Surface Reflectance Mosaics, and Archive data.

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Get started at https://www.planet.com/nicfi/. Once you enter your email on the form, you will receive a follow-up email with a unique link to activate your account. The link will direct you to a signup form to enter further details about you and your organization. Finally, you will be asked to agree to the Terms of Service in support of the NICFI Purpose. Once you complete this form, you will be redirected to the access portal and on your way to working with these data products!

Please note, current Planet customers must use a different email than the one associated with their existing Planet account.

There are three User Access Levels to the NICFI datasets:

• Level 0 – Open and Public Good: Public view-only access of the Visual Mosaics (Bi-annual Archive and Monthly Monitoring) through Purpose Ally sites.
• Level 1 – As Open as Possible: Access to download Surface Reflectance mosaics (Bi-annual Archive and Monthly Monitoring) from the Planet Platform.
• Level 2 – Select Partners: Strategic partners defined by Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment.

Learn more here.

You can access these data products through a number of web and API-based tools.

• Visual Mosaics (Level 0 - View Only) will be displayed by Purpose Allies
• Visual & Surface Reflectance Mosaics (Level 1) will be available through program registration in the Planet Platform, which includes access to Planet’s APIs and web applications. They will also be available in third party applications, such as QGIS, ArcGIS and Google Earth Engine, through Planet’s Plug-ins and Streaming Services.

Current Planet customers are welcome to sign up for the NICFI Satellite Data Program, but must register with a different email than the one associated with their existing Planet account.

The data products cover an Archive (2015-2020) and Monitoring (September 2020-January 2025) Period:

• The Archive Period offers 2x/year (Bi-Annual) coverage
• The Monitoring Period offers 12x/year (Monthly) coverage. The Monitoring Mosaics will be updated every month from September 2020 to January 2025.

All data products licensed through this program have a perpetual license meaning that data downloaded can continue to be used once the program has ended.

The Level 1 data is licensed by Planet under a custom, non-commercial license (similar to a Creative Commons-type license) in support of the NICFI Purpose. All use must be non-commercial or not in the primary pursuit of profit. Level 0 is publicly displayed and accessible to all.

Learn more here.

You can find more answers to your questions on the Planet Developer Center here: https://university.planet.com/page/nicfi

The user guides are available in English, Español, Français, Português, and Bahasa Indonesia.

The mosaics cover tropical forested regions between 30 degrees North and 30 degrees South. This is a geographic area of roughly 45 million square kilometres. Not included in the tropical mosaics are non or low forest covered areas as well as countries such as Australia, China, and USA and Overseas Territories of countries outside of the tropic region (30 degrees North and 30 degrees South). See a full list of included geographies here.

A 24/7 support service is available to all throughout the contract term. This tiered support system has a single access point through the KSAT team who manage the requests, respond, or reassign your ticket to the appropriate teams at Planet or Airbus as necessary. To access this service please send your request to nicfi-servicedesk@ksat.no.

Check out the NICFI Satellite Data Program page inside Planet University for pre-recorded trainings and live webinars, and Program’s area inside Planet Community to ask questions of Planeteers and other users.