Certainties and uncertainties of land cover statistics in China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 520-524

  Zhao, Jing Zhu ^a   Sun, Yi ^a   Bai, Guang Xin ^a   Wu, Gang ^a   Shao, Guo Fan ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape characterization; Remote sensing; Spatial pattern; Uncertainties of land cover

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

LAND COVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DATA QUALITY; LAND COVER; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PLANT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CHINA;

EID: 0041319418     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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