Land cover/land use change in semi-arid Inner Mongolia: 1992-2004

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  John, Ranjeet ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^a,b   Lu, Nan ^a   Wilske, Burkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

AVHRR; FRAGSTATS; IGBP; Inner Mongolia; LULC; MODIS

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS;

AVHRR; FRAGSTATS; IGBP; INNER MONGOLIA; LULC; MODIS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 70450252138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045010     Document Type: Article

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