Land cover analysis on sub-continental scale: Fao lccs standard with 250 meter modis satellite observations in West Africa

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-52

  Machwitz, Miriam ^a   Landmannc, Tobias ^a   Conrad, Christopher ^a   Cord, Anna ^a,b   Dech, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aster; Classification tree; Land cover; LCCS; MODIS

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ASTER; CLASSIFICATION TREES; LAND COVER; LCCS; MODIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 67649763436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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