Land cover mapping, fire regeneration, and scaling studies in the Canadian boreal forest with 1 km AVHRR and Landsat TM data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29581-29598

  Steyaert, L T ^a   Hall, F G ^a   Loveland, T R ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; BOREAL ECOSYSTEM-ATMOSPHERE STUDY; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; FIRE; FIRE REGENERATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSAT TM; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL SCALE;

CANADA;

BRYOPHYTA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0031448294     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01220     Document Type: Article

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