Validation and comparison of 1 km global land cover products in China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3769-3785

  Wu, W ^a,b   Shibasaki, R ^a   Yang, P ^a,b   Ongaro, L ^c   Zhou, Q ^b   Tang, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DATA AND INFORMATION; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; PIXEL CLASSIFICATION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOSPHERE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; LAND COVER; MAPPING; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; MONITORING; PIXEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 46349094090     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701881897     Document Type: Article

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