MODIS tree cover validation for the circumpolar taiga-tundra transition zone

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2130-2141

  Montesano, P M ^a   Nelson, R ^b   Sun, G ^c   Margolis, H ^d   Kerber, A ^b   Ranson, K J ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circumpolar; Ecotone; MODIS; Taiga; Transition; Tree cover; Tundra; Validation

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR; ECOTONE; MODIS; TAIGA; TRANSITION; TREE COVER; TUNDRA; VALIDATION;

LANDFORMS; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

PIXELS;

BOREAL FOREST; ECOTONE; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; PIXEL; QUICKBIRD; TRANSITION ZONE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67849116701     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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