Global land cover mapping using Earth observation satellite data: Recent progresses and challenges

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-6

  Ban, Yifang ^a   Gong, Peng ^b   Giri, Chandra ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84939939818     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2015.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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