Evaluation of seasonal water body extents in Central Asia over thepast 27 years derived from medium-resolution remote sensing data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 335-349

  Klein, Igor ^a   Dietz, Andreas J ^b   Gessner, Ursula ^b   Galayeva, Anastassiya ^c   Myrzakhmetov, Akhan ^d   Kuenzer, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c National Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^d Department of Landscape Study and Problems of Nature Management   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Central asia; Medium resolution satellite data; Time series; Water bodies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AVHRR; DATA SET; LANDSAT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARAL SEA; CENTRAL ASIA; KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 84897891801     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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