Forest cover classification using Landsat ETM+ data and time series MODIS NDVI data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-38

  Jia, Kun ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a,b   Zhang, Lei ^c   Wei, Xiangqin ^c   Yao, Yunjun ^a   Xie, Xianhong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Classification; Forest cover; Fusion; Remote sensing; Time series NDVI data

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES;

CHINA;

EID: 84904764284     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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