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The 1980 land cover for the Puget Sound region [PDF]

Both LANDSAT imagery and the video information communications and retrieval software were used to develop a land cover classifiction of the Puget Sound of Washington. Planning agencies within the region were provided with a highly accurate land cover map
Eby, J. R., Shinn, R. D., Westerlund, F. V.   +2 more
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Using HCMM Thermal Data to Improve Classification of MSS Data [PDF]

Spectral overlap between urban and rural land use/land cover categories can lead to unacceptable map accuracy levels in the classification of LANDSAT multispectral scanner (MSS) data.
Sekhon, R. S., Witt, R. G.
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Accuracy assessment of a 300 m global land cover map : the GlobCover experience [PDF]

, 2009
The GlobCover project supported by ESA has developed an operational service dedicated to the generation of global land cover maps through an automated classification of MERIS FRS time series.
Bartalev, Sergey, Bontemps, Sophie, Caccetta, P., De Wit, A.J.W., Defourny, Pierre, Di Bella, Carlos Marcelo, et al.,, Giri, P., Gond, Valéry, Gérard, Bruno, Schouten, L.   +10 more
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Regional analysis of crop and natural vegetation in West Africa based on NDVI metrics [PDF]

, 2014
In West Africa, rainfall variability dynamics are often considered as the major driver of vegetation production. Land use shifts have also to be taken into account when analyzing changes in vegetation production.
Bégué, Agnès, Leroux, Louise, Lo Seen, Danny   +2 more
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Governance and Deforestation Due to Agricultural Land Expansion [PDF]

This article examines the effect of governance on forest cover in developing countries. We develop a theoretical model that explains how governance, particularly corruption control and politically stability, affects deforestation due to agricultural land
Gregmar I. Galinato, Suzette P. Galinato
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Erratum to: Survey of avifauna of the Gharana wetland reserve: implications for conservation in a semi-arid agricultural setting on the Indo-Pakistan border

BMC Zoology, 2017
Pushpinder S. Jamwal, Pankaj Chandan, Rohit Rattan, Anupam Anand, Prameek M. Kannan, Michael H. Parsons   +5 more
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Land Cover Site Selection [PDF]

, 2003
The purpose of the resource is to determine the major land cover type at a Land Cover Sample Site.
The GLOBE Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
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Land Cover in a Managed Forest Ecosystem: Mexican Shade Coffee [PDF]

Managed forest ecosystems—agroforestry systems in which crops such as coffee and bananas are planted side-by-side with woody perennials—are being touted as a means of safeguarding forests along with the ecological services they provide.
Albers, Heidi J., Blackman, Allen, Crooks, Lisa, Ávalos Sartorio, Beatriz   +3 more
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Analysis of Land Cover Change Trends at Rejoso Watershed, Pasuruan Regency, East Java Province

Jurnal Teknik Pengairan
Human activities such as urbanization, population growth, agricultural expansion, deforestation, and industrialization significantly influence changes in land cover and the environment. The United Nations World Urbanization Prospects reports that by 2030,
Nadhea Nurrohma Amalia, Ery Suhartanto, Ussy Andawayanti   +2 more
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Using GLOBE Data to Analyze Land Cover [PDF]

, 2003
The purpose of the resource is to develop hypotheses about which environmental factors are most important to plants.
The GLOBE Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
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