ndvi-derived land cover classifications at a global scale

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1994, Pages 3567-3586

  Defries, R S ^a   Townshend, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL DATASET; GLOBAL LAND COVER; GLOBAL SCALE; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0028582679     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169408954345     Document Type: Article

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