NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change (LCLUC): An interdisciplinary research program

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-9

  Justice, Chris ^a   Gutman, Garik ^b   Vadrevu, Krishna Prasad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

CHANGE PROGRAMS; FOCUS AREAS; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND COVER LAND USE CHANGES; LANDUSE CHANGE; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SCIENCE PROJECTS; SPATIAL SCALE;

NASA;

CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDITORIAL; FOREST; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LAND COVER AND LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOLOGY; WETLAND; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84918576219     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.12.004     Document Type: Editorial

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