Standardized FAO-LCCS land cover mapping in heterogeneous tree savannas of West Africa

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1083-1091

  Cord, Anna ^a,b   Conrad, Christopher ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^c   Dech, Stefan ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity CONABIO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer; Burkina Faso; Field data; Ground truth; Harmonization; Land cover; Land cover classification system (LCCS); Standardization

Indexed keywords

ASTER; BIOME; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; STANDARDIZATION; TERRA (SATELLITE); VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 79954932025     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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