Land use and land cover map of a semiarid region of Brazil for meteorological and climatic models

An updated vegetation cover and land use map over a semiarid region of Brazil has been produced at a 1 km spatial resolution, using satellite data and remote sensing techniques, for application in climate modeling. The map presents the location and distribution of major vegetation types and non-vege...

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Main Authors: Rita Marcia da Silva Pinto Vieira, Ana Paula Martins do Amaral Cunha, Regina Célia dos Santos Alvalá, Vitor Celso Carvalho, Sebastião Ferraz Neto, Marcelo Francisco Sestini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-77862013000200002&lng=en&tlng=en