Assessment of snow-cover mapping accuracy in a variety of vegetation-cover densities in central Alaska

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Hall, D K ^a   Foster, J L ^a   Verbyla, D L ^b   Klein, A G ^c   Benson, C S ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SNOW;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS AIRBORNE SIMULATOR; THEMATIC MAPPER; VEGETATION DENSITY MAP;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; MAPPING; SNOW COVER; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032207570     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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