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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4039-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4039-2025
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21 Aug 2025
Data description article |  | 21 Aug 2025

GLC_FCS10: a global 10 m land-cover dataset with a fine classification system from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 time-series data in Google Earth Engine

Xiao Zhang, Liangyun Liu, Tingting Zhao, Wenhan Zhang, Linlin Guan, Ming Bai, and Xidong Chen

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This work describes a novel global 10 m land-cover dataset with a fine classification system, which contains 30 land-cover subcategories and achieves sufficient performance on a global scale.
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