Global Land Cover Characterization Program - Related Publications

2003

Giri, C., Defourny, P., and Shrestha, S. 2003. Land cover characterization and mapping of continental Southeast Asia using multi-resolution satellite sensor data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol 24 (17): 4181-4196.

Zhu, Z. & Wallter, E. 2003. Global Forest Cover Mapping for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Forest Resources Assessment 2000 Program. Forest Science, 49(3), 369-380.

2002

Loveland, T.R., Sohl, T.L., Stehman, S.V., Gallant, A.L., Sayler, K.L., and Napton, D.E., 2002. A Strategy for Estimating the Rates of Recent United States Land Cover Changes. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 68(10): 1091-1099.

2001

Loveland, T.R., The patterns and characteristics of Global Land Cover, Spatial Information for Land Use Management. Pg 13-24

Loveland, T. R., Estes, J. E., Foresman, T. W., Specan, J., Kline, K.D., and Hemphill, J., Large-Area Land Cover Characterization, 105-125.

Singh, A., Shi, H., Zhu, Z. and Foresman, T. 2001. An assessment of the status of the world's remaining closed forests. United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya.

2000

Defries, R., Hansen, M., Townshend, J., Janetos, A., and Loveland, T.R., 2000.A Global 1km Data Set of Percent Tree Cover Data Derived from Remote Sensing. Global Change Biology, v. 6, p. 247-254.

Hansen, M. and Reed, B.C., 2000. A Comparison of the IGBP DISCover and University of Maryland Global Land Cover Products. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 21, no. 6/7, p. 1,365-1,374.

Loveland, T.R., Reed, B.C., Brown, J.F., Ohlen, D.O., Zhu, J, Yang, L., and Merchant, J.W., 2000. Development of a Global Land Cover Characteristics Database and IGBP DISCover from 1-km AVHRR Data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 21, no. 6/7, p. 1,303-1,330.

Loveland, T.R., 2000. Global Land Databases for Environmental Analysis. In Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, R.A. Meyers, ed. Chichester, UK, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. 8573-8582.

Loveland, T.R., 2000. The Patterns and Characteristics of Global Land Cover. In Spatial Information for Land Use Management, M. Hill and R. Aspinall, eds. London, Gordon and Breach 13-38.

Loveland, T.R., Estes, J.E., Foresman, T.W., Scepan, J., Kline, K.D., and Hemphill, J., 2000. Large-Area Land Cover Characterization. In Global Environmental Databases: Present Situation; Future Direction, R. Tateishi and D. Hastings, eds. Hong Kong, Geocarto International 105-125 p.

1999

Brown, J.F., Loveland, T.R., Ohlen, D.O., Zhu, Z., 1999. The Global Land-Cover Characteristics Database: The Users' Perspective. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 65, no. 9, p. 1,069-1,074.

Estes, J., Belward, A., Loveland, T., Scepan, J., Strahler, A., Townshend, J., and Justice, C., The Way Forward, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 65, no. 9, p. 1,089-1,093.

Loveland, T.R., 1999. A Review of U.S. Interests in Coarse Resolution Satellite Imagery. In Proceedings of the 1998 JRC Space Applications Institute Users Conference, Ispra, Italy, European Commission Joint Research Centre. p.

Loveland, T.R., 1999. Global Land Database for Environmental Analysis. In Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry. John Wiley and Sons, London (in press).

Loveland, T.R., 1999. The Patterns and Characteristics of Global Land Cover. In Spatial Information for Land Use Management, M. Hill and R. Aspinall, eds. Gordon and Breach, London (in press).

Loveland, T.R., and Brown, J.F., 1999. Impacts of Land Cover Legends on Global Land Cover Patterns, In Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, May, 1999, p. 509-519. (CD-ROM).

Loveland, T.R., Estes, J.E., and Scepan, J., 1999. Introduction: Special Issue on Global Land Cover Mapping and Validation. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 65, no. 9, p. 1011-1012.

Loveland, T.R., Zhu, Z., Ohlen, D.O., Brown, J.F., Reed, B.C., and Yang, L., 1999. An Analysis of the IGBP Global Land-Cover Characterization Process. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 65, no. 9, p. 1021-1032.

Zhu, Z., Waller, E., Davis, R., and Lorenzini, M., 1999. Forest Cover Mapping for the Forest Resources Assessment 2000 of the Food and Agriculture Organization. In Proceedings of the ASPRS Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, May, 1999, p. 520-525. (CD-ROM).

Zhu, Z., Yang, L., Stehman, S.V., and Czaplewski, R.L., 1999, Chapter 46BDesigning an accuracy assessment for a USGS regional land cover mapping program, in Lowell, Kim, ed., Spatial Accuracy Assessment Land Information Uncertainty in Natural Resources: Chelsea, Michigan, Sleeping Bear Press/Ann Arbor Press, p. 393-398.

1998

Ahern, F, Belward, A., Churchill, P., Davis, R., Janetos, A., Justice, C., Loveland, T., Malingreau, J.P., Maiden, M., Skole, D., Taylor, V., Yasouka, Y., and Zhu, Z., 1998. A Strategy for Global Observation of Forest Cover. Committee on Earth Observing Satellites, pp. 52.

Loveland, T.R. and Belward, A.S.,1998. The International Geosphere Biosphere Programme Data and Information System Global Land Cover Data Set (DISCover): Acta Astronautica, v. 41, no. 4 -10, p. 681-689.

Loveland, T.R., Ohlen, D.O., Brown, J.F., Reed, B.C., Zhu, Z., Yang, L., and Merchant, J.W., 1998. Western Hemisphere Land Cover: Progress Toward a Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base. In Proceedings of the Pecora 13 Symposium, Human Interactions with the Environment: Perspectives from Space, August 1996, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, p. 32-41 (CD-ROM).

Zhu, Z., 1998. Using the USGS Global Land Cover Database to Support the FAO Global Forest Survey. In Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD. p. 210-217.

1997

Loveland, T.R. and Belward, A.S., 1997. The IGBP-DIS Global 1 km Land Cover Data Set, DISCover First Results. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 18, no. 5, p. 3,289-3,295.

Loveland, T.R., and Belward, A.S., 1997, The International Geosphere Biosphere Programme Data and Information System global land cover data set (DISCover): Acta Astronautica, v. 41, no. 4-10, p. 681-689.

Reed, B.C., 1997. Applications of the U.S. Geological Survey's global land cover product: Acta Astronautica, v. 41, no. 4 -10, p. 671-680.

1996

Belward, A.S., 1996. (editor). The IGBP-DIS Global 1 km Land Cover Data Set (DISCover): Proposal and Implementation Plans. IGBP-DIS Working Paper No. 13, IGBP-DIS Office, Meteo-France, 42 Av. G. Coriolis , F-31057 Toulouse, France. Pp. 61 (Chapters 3 and 4 authored by Loveland).

Belward, A.S. and Loveland, T.R., 1996. The DIS 1 Km Land Cover Data Set. IGBP Global Change Newsletter, no. 27 p. 7-9.

Lauer, D.T. and Eidenshink, J.E., 1996. Mapping the Global Land Surface Using 1-KM AVHRR Data, In Proceedings: 47th International Astronautical Congress (IAF-96-B.4.04), Paris, France, p. 1-10.

Ohlen, D.O., Loveland, T.R., Merchant, J.M., and Reed, B.C., 1996. Progress on the Development of a 1-km Global Land Cover Data Base. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual Applied Geography Conference, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, v. 19, p. 281-287.

Vogelmann, J., Howard, S., and Sohl, T., 1996, Regional land cover characterization using multiple sources of intermediate-scale data, in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 1996, Proceedings: Picataway, New Jersey, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., v. I, p. 246-247.

Yang, L., Zhu, Z., Izaurralde, J.A., and Merchant, J. W., 1996. Evaluation of North and South America AVHRR 1-km Data for Global Environmental Modeling. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling, Santa Fe, NM, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, CA (CD-ROM).

Zhu, Z., and Yang, L., 1996. Characteristics of the North America 1-km AVHRR Data Set. International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 17, n. 10, p. 1915-1924.