Mapping fallow lands in Vietnam's north-central mountains using yearly Landsat imagery and a land-cover succession model

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6281-6303

  Leisz, Stephen J ^a   Rasmussen, Michael Schultz ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

HYBRID CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT IMAGERY; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; SUCCESSION MODEL;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

NGHE AN; VIET NAM;

EID: 84861859681     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.681712     Document Type: Article

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