Professor, Dept. of Environmental Resources Engineering, SUNY ESF

Review of global and regional land cover products

Proliferation of satellite data has resulted in a wide range of large scale land cover products. In this review we discuss characteristics of 21 global and 43 regional land cover products.

Further information: G. Grekousis, G. Mountrakis, M. Kavouras (2015). An overview of 21 global and 43 regional land cover mapping products. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(21), 5309-5335. [1.1MB pdf]