On the contribution of remote sensing to DOPA, a digital observatory for protected areas

34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment - The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dubois, G ^a   Clerici, M ^a   Pekel, J F ^a   Brink, A ^a   Palumbo, I ^a   Gross, D ^a   Peedell, S ^a   Simonetti, D ^a   Punga, M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; GEO BON; Protected areas; Remote sensing; SOA; Web services

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GEO-BON; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROTECTED AREAS; SOA;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OBSERVATORIES; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84879746524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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