Understanding land cover change using a harmonized classification system in the Himalaya

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-156

  Bajracharya, Birendra ^a   Uddin, Kabir ^a   Chettri, Nakul ^a   Shrestha, Basanta ^a   Siddiqui, Salman Asif ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

harmonization; Hindu Kush Karakoram Himalaya (HKKH); Land cover classification; LCCS (Land Cover Classification System); remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BARE SOIL; BUFFER ZONE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FIELDWORK; GLACIER; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ICE COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND EVALUATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM; VEGETATION MAPPING;

HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH; KARAKORAM;

EID: 77954234438     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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