Northern Eurasia Land Cover (NELC)

The NELC database was developed for the year 2005 using MODIS data.

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• NELC Documenation (PDF)
• NELC Database (~750MB)

Land Cover

Land Use

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Wetlands

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Tundra Layer

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Publications

• Sulla-Menashe, D., M. Friedl, O. Krankina, A. Baccini, C. Woodcock, A. Sibley, G. Sun, V. Kharuk, V. Elsakov (2011). Hierarchical Mapping of Northern Eurasian Land Cover Using MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 392-403