Land cover characterization and mapping of continental Southeast Asia using multi-resolution satellite sensor data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4181-4196

  Giri, Chandra ^a   Defourny, P ^b   Shrestha, Surendra ^c  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNEP Environ Assess Prog Asia/Pac   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; VEGETATION;

LAND COVER MAPS;

LAND USE;

AVHRR; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; LOEI; MEKONG DELTA; NORTHEASTERN REGION; OUDOMXAI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

EID: 0942289132     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000139827     Document Type: Article

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