Mapping peatlands
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Meeting the challenge of mapping peatlands with remotely sensed data O. N. Krankina, D. Pflugmacher, M. Friedl, W. B. Cohen, P. Nelson, and A. Baccini Oregon State University, Department of Forest Science, 321 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA Boston University, Department of Geography and Environment, 675 Commonwealth Ave., 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA Received: 4 March 2008 – Accepted: 2 April 2008 – Published: 16 May 2008 Correspondence to: O. N. Krankina ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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