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Abbreviations

AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

BEF

Biomass Expansion Factor

BV

Biomass of inventoried volume

CAS

Chinese Academy of Sciences

EDC

EOS

EZ

Eros Data Centre

Earth Observation System

Ecological Zone

FAO

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

FORIS

Forest Resources Information System

FRA

Forest Resources Assessment

GIS

GOFC

IGBP

IR

Landsat MSS

MRLC

NDVI

NGO

Geographic Information System

Global Observation of Forest Cover

International Geosphere and Biosphere Programme

Infra Red

Landsat Multi-Spectral Scanner

Multi-Resolution Land Characterization

Normalized Difference of Vegetation Index

Non-governmental organization

RGB

Red, green, blue

TM

Thematic Mapper

TREES

Tropical Ecosystem Environment observations by Satellites; joint project of the commission of the European Community

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


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