Tropical forest area measured from global land-cover classifications: Inverse calibration models based on spatial textures

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-43

  Mayaux, Philippe ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; MAPS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTROMETERS; TROPICS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); GLOBAL LAND COVER CLASSIFICATIONS; MIXED PIXEL ESTIMATOR; TROPICAL FOREST AREA MEASUREMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND COVER MODEL; LANDSAT TM; MODIS; PIXEL; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL MIXTURE; TEXTURE; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICS;

EID: 0030617357     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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