Evaluation of global land cover maps for cropland area estimation in the conterminous United States

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 102-117

  Liang, Lu ^a   Gong, Peng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

area estimation; cropland area; FROM GLC; global land cover; NASS survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AREA ESTIMATION; CROPLAND AREA; FROM-GLC; LAND COVER; RATIO ESTIMATORS; REGRESSION MODEL; SEASONAL EFFECTS; US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES;

SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNUAL VARIATION; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MAPPING; MODIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921436621     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2013.854414     Document Type: Article

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