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January 1, 1994

Designing global land cover databases to maximize utility—the US prototype Designing global land cover databases to maximize utility—the US prototype

One of the most pressing problems in global climate and ecosystem studies is a lack of adequate land cover data. Staff from the United States Geological Survey's EROS Data Center and the University of Nebraska have developed a United States prototype for a proposed global land cover characteristics database derived from 1-km Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite data. A...

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B. C. Reed, Thomas R. Loveland, L. T. Steyaert, Jesslyn F. Brown, J.W. Merchant, D.O. Ohlen

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

January 1, 1994