Central african forest cover revisited: A multisatellite analysis

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-196

  Mayaux, Philippe ^a   De Grandi, Gianfranco ^a   Malingreau, Jean Paul ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR);

REMOTE SENSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST COVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033951904     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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