An accuracy assessment of forest disturbance mapping in the western Great Lakes

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-185

  Zimmerman, P L ^a,b   Housman, I W ^a   Perry, C H ^a   Chastain, R A ^a   Webb, J B ^a   Finco, M V ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Forest; Land cover change; Land cover map; Landsat time series stacks

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LANDSAT;

ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; LAKES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DISTURBANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; WATERSHED;

ALGORITHMS; FORESTS; LAKES; LAND USE; MAPS; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SHEDS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84868488966     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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