An analysis of the IGBP global land-cover characterization process

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1021-1032

  Loveland, Thomas R ^a   Zhu, Zhiliang ^a   Ohlen, Donald O ^a   Brown, Jessyln F ^a   Reed, Bradley C ^a   Yang, Limin ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0032823507     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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