Mapping land-cover over large areas using multispectral data derived from the noaa-avhrr: A case study of nigeria

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3297-3303

  Rogers, D J ^a   Hay, S I ^a   Packer, M J ^a   Wint, G R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LANDCOVER; LANDCOVER MAPPING; MAPPING; NOAA; PLANNING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031252097     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217107     Document Type: Article

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