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Land Cover Classification
Mapping Earth's Diverse Landscapes
Differentiating Between Land Cover Types
The Basic Vegetation Map
The Problems in Uncovering Land Cover

Related Data Sets:
Biosphere
1km2 AVHRR Fires
4km2 TRMM Fires
Vegetation

Related Case Studies:
Spotting the Spotted Owl
Fire!

 
palletteThe Quicktime Virtual Reality (QTVR) movie above shows landcover over the entire globe—just click and drag on the globe to rotate it. It is based on data from the University of Maryland Laboratory for Global Remote Sensing Studies Global Land Cover Project. (To compare landcover to other data in the Earth Observatory, go to the Observation Deck.)
 
 
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