A new global 1-km dataset of percentage tree cover derived from remote sensing

Global Change Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-254

  DeFries, R S ^a   Hansen, M C ^a   Townshend, J R G ^a   Janetos, A C ^b   Loveland, T R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Forest cover; Global land cover; Kyoto Protocol; Land use; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOREST COVER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0034100869     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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