The accuracy of large-area forest canopy cover estimation using Landsat in boreal region

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-127

  Hadi, ^a   Korhonen, Lauri ^b   Hovi, Aarne ^a   Rönnholm, Petri ^a   Rautiainen, Miina ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal; Canopy cover; Forest; Landsat; Tree cover

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85003952953     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.08.009     Document Type: Article

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