Multitemporal land cover mapping for canada: Methodology and products

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 347-363

  Latifovic, Rasim ^a   Pouliot, Darren ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b Noetix Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

LAND COVER; LAND COVER MAPPING;

MAPPING;

EID: 30644458630     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m05-019     Document Type: Article

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