Continental and regional approaches for improving land-cover maps of Africa

Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 265-273

  Mayaux, Philippe ^a   Vancutsem, Christelle ^a   Pekel, Jean François ^a   de Wasseige, Carlos ^b   Defourny, Pierre ^c   Hansen, Matthew C ^d   Mane, Landing ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Satellite Observatory of Central African Forests   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES;

LAND COVER MAPS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84880574837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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