A spatial comparison of four satellite derived 1 km global land cover datasets

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 246-255

  McCallum, Ian ^a   Obersteiner, Michael ^a   Nilsson, Sten ^a   Shvidenko, Anatoly ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Earth observation; Environmental monitoring; Global change; Land cover

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EOS; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 33750948816     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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