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A global reference data set for land cover mapping at 10 m resolution
NODES, ASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Steffen Fritz
NODES, ASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Martina Dürauer
NODES, ASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Ivelina Georgieva
NODES, ASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Marcel Buchhorn
VITO Remote Sensing, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Luc Bertels
VITO Remote Sensing, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Nandika Tsendbazar
Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, 6700 HB Wageningen, the Netherlands
Ruben Van De Kerchove
VITO Remote Sensing, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Daniele Zanaga
VITO Remote Sensing, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Dmitry Schepaschenko
NODES, ASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Linda See
NODES, ASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Martin Herold
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics section, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Bruno Smets
VITO Remote Sensing, 2400 Mol, Belgium
Michael Cherlet
European Commission-Joint Research Center, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Andreas Brink
European Commission-Joint Research Center, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Ian McCallum
NODES, ASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
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