A global, high-resolution (30-m) inland water body dataset for 2000: first results of a topographic–spectral classification algorithm

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 113-133

  Feng, Min ^a   Sexton, Joseph O ^a   Channan, Saurabh ^a   Townshend, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

global; high resolution; inland water; Landsat; MODIS

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS;

GLOBAL; HIGH RESOLUTION; INLAND WATERS; LANDSAT; MODIS;

SURFACE WATERS;

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; LANDSAT; MODIS; RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84959172600     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2015.1026420     Document Type: Article

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