Developing spatially and thematically detailed backdated maps for land cover studies

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 175-206

  Vidal Macua, Juan José ^a   Zabala, Alaitz ^a   Ninyerola, Miquel ^a   Pons, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

backdating; Iberian Peninsula; Land cover mapping; Landsat; statistical classifiers

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

BACKDATING; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LAND COVER MAPPING; LANDSAT; STATISTICAL CLASSIFIER;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84982839371     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2016.1213320     Document Type: Article

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