Yearly extraction of central America's land cover for carbon flux monitoring

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-355

  Tullis, Jason A ^a   Cothren, Jackson D ^a   Irwin, Daniel E ^b   Yeager, Carey P ^c   Limp, W Fredrick ^a   Wilson, John M ^a   Gorham, Bruce E ^a   Ogle, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; GIS; LAND COVER; MODELING; MODIS; POLYGON; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 35648981076     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.44.4.334     Document Type: Article

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