Monitoring 25 years of land cover change dynamics in Africa: A sample based remote sensing approach

Applied Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-512

  Brink, Andreas Bernhard ^a   Eva, Hugh Douglas ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; High resolution satellite data; Land cover change; Sampling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EOS; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349782856     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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