Agricultural land-use in China: A comparison of area estimates from ground-based census and satellite-borne remote sensing

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-416

  Frolking, Steve ^a   Xiao, Xiangming ^a   Zhuang, Yahui ^b   Salas, William ^a   Li, Changsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AVHRR; China; Cropland; Land cover; Land use; Paddy rice; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD METHOD; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033511510     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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