The overall and per class accuracy of these new global land cover products were estimated thanks to a widely accepted and independent validation process. (esa-landcover-cci.org)
Lawrence, Peter J., Thomas N. Chase, Investigating the Climate Impacts of Global Land Cover Change in the Community Climate System Model (CCSM 3.0), International Journal of Climatology (In Press) (cires.colorado.edu)
Image: Jesse Allen / NASA (using SRTM data courtesy of Global Land Cover Facility / U. (sciencemag.org)