Remote sensing methods in medium spatial resolution satellite data land cover classification of large areas

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-205

  Franklin, S E ^a   Wulder, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land cover mapping; Large area classification; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0036291817     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133302pp332ra     Document Type: Article

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