Spaceborne remote sensing of the world’s protected areas

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 388-404

  Gillespie, Thomas W ^a   Willis, Katherine S ^a   Ostermann Kelm, Stacey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation; natural resource management; protected areas; satellites

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MODIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 84930409920     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: 14770296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133314561648     Document Type: Article

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