Exploring the impact of seasonality on urban land-cover mapping using multi-Season Sentinel-1A and GF-1 WFV images in a subtropical monsoon-climate region

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Zhou, Tao ^a   Zhao, Meifang ^a   Sun, Chuanliang ^a   Pan, Jianjun ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GF 1; Multi season images; Seasonality; Sentinel 1; Urban classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041128693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi7010003     Document Type: Article

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