Remote sensing-derived national land cover land use maps: a comparison for Malawi

Geocarto International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 270-292

  Haack, Barry ^a   Mahabir, Ron ^a   Kerkering, John ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

greenhouse gases; IPCC; land cover; land use; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THEMATIC MAPPING;

MALAWI;

EID: 84924512243     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2014.952355     Document Type: Article

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