The UK land cover map 2000: Planning, construction and calibration of a remotely sensed, user-oriented map of broad habitats

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-216

  Fuller, R M ^a   Cox, R ^b   Clarke, R T ^b   Rothery, P ^b   Hill, R A ^b   Smith, G M ^b   Thomson, A G ^b   Brown, N J ^b   Howard, D C ^c   Stott, A P ^d  

^a Unit for Landscape Modelling   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Classification; Integration; Land cover; Map; Remote sensing; User

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447303954     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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