A new land cover map of central africa derived from multi-resolution, multi-temporal avhrr data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3537-3550

  Laporte, N T ^a   Goetz, S J ^a   Justice, C O ^a   Heinicke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MAPS; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETERS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; CENTRAL AFRICA; LANDCOVER MAP;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; FOREST HEALTH; LAND COVER; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; MAP; NOAA SATELLITE; SAVANNA;

(CENTRAL); AFRICA;

EID: 0032450611     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698213803     Document Type: Article

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