Characterization of shrubland ecosystem components as continuous fields in the northwest United States

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 168, Issue , 2015, Pages 286-300

  Xian, George ^a   Homer, Collin ^a   Rigge, Matthew ^a   Shi, Hua ^a   Meyer, Debbie ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ecosystems; Image mosaic; Landsat 8; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; IMAGE MOSAIC; INTEGRATING MULTIPLE SOURCES; LANDSAT; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SHRUBLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; LANDSAT; PHENOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION MAPPING; VEGETATION TYPE; WORLDVIEW;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGES;

UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84938079661     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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