Linear unmixing of MODIS albedo composites to infer subpixel land cover type albedos

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 324-333

  Kuusinen, Nea ^a   Tomppo, Erkki ^b   Berninger, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Albedo; Boreal forest; Linear unmixing; MODIS BRDF albedo

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BOREAL FOREST; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 84880295368     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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