The application of medium-resolution MERIS satellite data for continental land-cover mapping over South America results and caveats

Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 325-337

  Gascon, Lorena Hojas ^a   Eva, Hugh Douglas ^a   Gobron, Nadine ^a   Simonetti, Dario ^b   Fritz, Steffen ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Reggiani SpA   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES;

LAND COVER MAPPING; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84923608925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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