Wide area wetland mapping in semi-arid Africa using 250-meter MODIS metrics and topographic variables

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1751-1766

  Landmann, Tobias ^a   Schramm, Matthias ^a   Colditz, Rene R ^b   Dietz, Andreas ^c   Dech, Stefan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class homogeneity; Land cover; Landsat; MODIS time series; West Africa; Wetland mapping

Indexed keywords

CLASS HOMOGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MODIS TIME-SERIES; WEST AFRICA;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; INTEROPERABILITY; PHOTOMAPPING; RADIOMETERS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84860390477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2071751     Document Type: Article

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