Land-cover change analysis of China using global-scale Pathfinder AVHRR Landcover (PAL) data, 1982?92

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1457-1477

  Young, S S ^a   Wang, C Y ^b  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

LAND-COVER CLASSIFICATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0035918553     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160116787     Document Type: Article

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