Combination of the normalized difference vegetation index and surface temperature for regional scale european forest cover mapping using AVHRR data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1189-1195

  Roy, D P ^a,b   Kennedy, P ^a   Folving, S ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); RADIOMETERS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REGIONAL SCALE EUROPEAN FOREST COVER MAPPING;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST COVER; MAPPING; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTE SERVING; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031086928     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218665     Document Type: Article

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