An open and extensible framework for spatially explicit land use change modelling: The lulcc R package

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3215-3229

  Moulds, S ^a   Buytaert, W ^a   Mijic, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; LAND USE CHANGE; PARADIGM SHIFT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MASSACHUSETTS; PLUM ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84944069299     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-3215-2015     Document Type: Article

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