Tabla. Programas de cobertura de suelo global
Producto Siglas Sensor satelital Resolución espacial [m] Año Clases Exactitud global [%] Referencia Acceso
International Geosphere Biosphere Programme IGBP NOAA-AVHRR 1000 1992/93 17 66.9 Loveland et al. 2000
Global Land Cover 2000 GLC2000 SPOT-VGT 1000 2000 22 68.6 Bartholomé and Belward 2005
Mayaux et al. 2006
MODIS Land Cover MCD12Q1 Terra/Aqua-MODIS 500 desde 2001, anual 17 75 Friedl et al. 2010
Globcover   ENVISAT-MERIS 300 2005, 2009 20, 34 67.1 Arino et al. 2008
Climate Change Initiative CCI ENVISAT-MERIS 300 2000, 2005, 2010 22, 29 NA Bontemps et al. 2012

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