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We aim to characterize a diverse selection of dense, potentially star-formingcores, clumps, and clouds within the Milky Way in terms of their dust emissionand SF activity. We studied 53 fields that have been observed in the JCMTSCUBA-2 continuum survey SCOPE and have been mapped with Herschel. We estimateddust properties by fitting Herschel observations with modified blackbodyfunctions, studied the relationship between dust temperature and dust opacityspectral index $\beta$, and estimated column densities. We extracted clumpsfrom the SCUBA-2 850 $\mu$m maps with the FellWalker algorithm and examinedtheir masses and sizes. Clumps are associated with young stellar objects foundin several catalogs. We estimated the gravitational stability of the clumpswith virial analysis. The clumps are categorized as unbound starless,prestellar, or protostellar. We find 529 dense clumps, typically with highcolumn densities from (0.3-4.8)$\times 10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$, with a mean of(1.5$\pm$0.04)$\times10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$, low temperatures ($T\sim $10-20 K),and estimated submillimeter $\beta$ =1.7$\pm$0.1. We detect a slight increasein opacity spectral index toward millimeter wavelengths. Masses of the sourcesrange from 0.04 $M_\odot$ to 4259 $M_\odot$. Mass, linear size, and temperatureare correlated with distance. Furthermore, the estimated gravitationalstability is dependent on distance, and more distant clumps appear morevirially bound. Finally, we present a catalog of properties of the clumps.Oursources present a large array of SF regions, from high-latitude, nearby diffuseclouds to large SF complexes near the Galactic center. Analysis of theseregions will continue with the addition of molecular line data, which willallow us to study the densest regions of the clumps in more detail.

Characterization of dense Planck clumps observed with Herschel and SCUBA-2