Improving 30 m global land-cover map FROM-GLC with time series MODIS and auxiliary data sets: A segmentation-based approach

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5851-5867

  Yu, Le ^a   Wang, Jie ^b   Gong, Peng ^a,b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; MAPPING; MAPS; RADIOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; SURVEYING;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; COARSER RESOLUTION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); HIGH TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; SELECTION CRITERIA;

SPECTROMETERS;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAPPING; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; SEGMENTATION; SOIL WATER; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84879047611     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.798055     Document Type: Article

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