Global land cover characterization from satellite data: From research to operational implementation?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 367-379

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Global vegetation; Land cover; Operational monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellite data; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0033502031     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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