Assessment of three global maps at test sites (IMAGE)

Journal of Remote Sensing

Assessment of three global maps at test sites

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Scientists from Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences find about 20% underestimation of forest canopy covers in three well-known global maps.

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Tianyu Yu & wenjian Ni, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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