The 250 m global land cover change product from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer of nasa's earth observing system

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 1433-1460

  Defries, R ^a   Zhan, X ^a   Townshend, J R G ^a   Dimiceli, C ^a   Hansen, M ^a   Huang, C ^a   Sohlberg, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALGORITHM; DEFORESTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS;

EID: 0034655439     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210254     Document Type: Article

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