Towards an operational MODIS continuous field of percent tree cover algorithm: Examples using AVHRR and MODIS data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 303-319

  Hansen, M C ^a   DeFries, R S ^a   Townshend, J R G ^a   Sohlberg, R ^a   Dimiceli, C ^a   Carroll, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR (RMSE);

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; FOREST COVER; MODIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036846098     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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