A prototype network for remote sensing validation in China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5187-5202

  Ma, Mingguo ^a,b   Che, Tao ^b,c   Li, Xin ^b,c   Xiao, Qing ^d   Zhao, Kai ^e   Xin, Xiaoping ^f  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Regional validation; Remote sensing; Remote sensing products; Validation network

Indexed keywords

PIXELS; STAGES;

CHINA; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCT VALIDATION; REGIONAL VALIDATION; SCALE TRANSFORMATION; SELECTION PRINCIPLES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84930031535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70505187     Document Type: Article

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