The suitability of decadal image data sets for mapping tropical forest cover change in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Implications for the global land survey

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7269-7275

  Lindquist, E J ^a   Hansen, M C ^a   Roy, D P ^a   Justice, C O ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS; TROPICS;

CHANGE ANALYSIS; CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGE DETECTION ANALYSIS; DATA INTENSIVE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; LANDSAT-7 (L7) ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); SCAN LINE CORRECTORS; TROPICAL FOREST;

MAPPING;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST COVER; HUMID TROPICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56349134511     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802275890     Document Type: Article

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