Accuracy assessment of the vegetation continuous field tree cover product using 3954 ground plots in the south-western USA

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2699-2704

  White, Mike A ^a   Shaw, J D ^b   Ramsey, R D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ogden Forestry Sciences Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; RADIOMETERS;

FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS (FIA); HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECTRORADIOMETERS; VEGETATION CONTINUOUS FIELD (VCF);

VEGETATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST INVENTORY; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

FOREST CANOPY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744459764     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500080626     Document Type: Article

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