Improved forest-cover mapping based on MODIS time series and landscape stratification

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1865-1888

  Cano, Emmanuelle ^a   Denux, Jean Philippe ^a   Bisquert, Mar ^b   Hubert Moy, Laurence ^c   Chéret, Véronique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX DATUM; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

RADIOMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST COVER; MODIS; NDVI; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 85011307895     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1280635     Document Type: Article

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