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Researchers develop highest-resolution global forest cover dataset to date

2013-05-17 06:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a 30-meter resolution forest cover data set that could boost efforts to track deforestation and forest degradation. The dataset, which is published in the International Journal of Digital Earth, is based on combining data from two satellite sensor systems: 250-meter resolution MOderate-resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) and 30-meter Landsat imagery. The result is a tree cover layer that is more accurate than the industry standard for...

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