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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. Global Land Cover Mapping: Current Status and Future Trends

Authors : Brice Mora, Nandin-Erdene Tsendbazar, Martin Herold, Olivier Arino

Published in: Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

The observation of global-scale land cover (LC) is of importance to international initiatives such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto protocol, governments, and scientific communities in their understanding and monitoring of the changes affecting the environment, and the coordination of actions to mitigate and adapt to global change. As such, reliable and consistent global LC (GLC) datasets are being sought. For instance, GLC datasets are used as an input for many Global Circulation Models, Earth Systems Models and Integrated Assessment Models used for global and regional climate simulations, dynamic vegetation modelling, carbon (stock) modelling, ecosystem modelling, land surface modelling, and impact assessments (Hibbard et al., 2010; Herold et al., 2011).

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Metadata
Title
Global Land Cover Mapping: Current Status and Future Trends
Authors
Brice Mora
Nandin-Erdene Tsendbazar
Martin Herold
Olivier Arino
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7968-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-7969-3

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7969-3_2