China's land cover and land use change from 1700 to 2005: Estimations from high-resolution satellite data and historical archives

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Mingliang ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DATA SETS; FOREST AREA; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST REGENERATION; FORESTED AREA; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTORICAL ARCHIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE MODELS; LAND-USE CHANGE; NATIONAL LEVEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RURAL SETTLEMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SURVEY DATA; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TIME PERIODS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SPRAWL; WATER CYCLE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; SECURITY OF DATA; SHRINKAGE; SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REGENERATION; SATELLITE DATA; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 77955185990     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003687     Document Type: Article

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