Evaluation of the consistency of MODIS land cover product (MCD12Q1) based on Chinese 30 m GlobeLand30 datasets: A case study in Anhui Province, China

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2519-2541

  Liang, Dong ^a   Zuo, Yan ^a   Huang, Linsheng ^a   Zhao, Jinling ^a   Teng, Ling ^a   Yang, Fan ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anhui Province; Consistency evaluation; Global land cover product; GlobeLand30; MCD12Q1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952795294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi4042519     Document Type: Article

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