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Operational continental-scale land cover mapping of Australia using the Open Data Cube

Christopher J. Owersa School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia;b Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK;c Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Land and Water, Canberra, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Richard M. Lucasb Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3010-3302View further author information
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Daniel Clewleyd Centre for Geospatial Applications, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1243-3711View further author information
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Belle Tissotte Geoscience Australia, Symonston, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-7786View further author information
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Norman Muellere Geoscience Australia, Symonston, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8533-7969View further author information
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Carole Planqueb Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-3441View further author information
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Suvarna M. Punalekarb Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-4957View further author information
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Pages 1715-1737 | Received 19 Jul 2022, Accepted 25 Sep 2022, Published online: 14 Oct 2022

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