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Is That a Forest? That Depends on How You Define It

Differences in how international and national institutions classify forests can lead to large discrepancies in measurements of land cover.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Is That a Forest? That Depends on How You Define It.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using data provided by the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility. Caption by Laura Rocchio, with Mike Carlowicz.

Published November 17, 2015
Data acquired 2000 - 2009

Source:: Landsat 7 > ETM+