… Reliable baseline information concerning the continent's land cover is essential to … land
cover databases are available for South America, but they all have some drawbacks for use …

… land cover dynamics. We used Landsat 30 m satellite data of 2010 and prepared the land
cover database of South America … and locally relevant land cover information by processing a …

… Because land cover affects and is affected by climate … land cover map for Latin America and
the Caribbean (LAC) for the year 2008. It was developed in the framework of the project Latin …

… We have developed such a map for the land cover of South America using the data from
the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AvrnR) weather satellites of the National …

… The Land Cover map of South America for 2000 presented here … map uses data from
microwave and optical sensors on Earth Observing satellites to map South America’s land cover …

… approaches to land cover classification as applied to South America. The intention is not
to produce a definitive land cover map, but to evaluate, using limited ground reference data, …

… The GLC 2000-NCA land cover map is provided as a regional product with 28 land cover
classes based on modified Federal Geographic Data Committee/Vegetation Classification …

… mapping annual LULC at these spatial scales. We use the Dry Chaco ecoregion in South
America as a case … focused on recent LULC change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our …

… class land cover dataset based on the science requirements of IGBP elements. Mapping uses
… Draft Africa, North America and South America products are now available for peer review. …

… Topography is a main conceptual differentiation for the current and potential of land use
in South America because it largely dictates the suitability for mechanized agriculture. In our …