Land-cover observations as part of a global earth observation system of systems (GEOSS): Progress, activities, and prospects

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-423

  Herold, Martin ^a   Woodcock, Curtis E ^b   Loveland, Thomas R ^c   Townshend, John ^d   Brady, Michael ^e   Steenmans, Chris ^f   Schmullius, Christiane C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence (GIScCE)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^f EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global; Global Earth Observation (GEO); Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS); Integrated Global Observations of the Land (IGOL); Land cover; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OBSERVATORIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

GLOBAL; GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION (GEO); GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS (GEOSS); INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE LAND (IGOL); LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 54849160800     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2008.925983     Document Type: Article

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