Landsat MSS-derived land-cover map of northern Alaska: Extrapolation methods and a comparison with photo-interpreted and AVHRR-derived maps

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 2921-2946

  Muller, S V ^a   Racoviteanu, A E ^b   Walker, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAPS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; VEGETATION;

KUPARAK RIVER REGION; LANDSAT; NORTHERN ALASKA;

REMOTE SENSING;

LAND COVER; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033569110     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699211543     Document Type: Article

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