A new bare-soil index for rapid mapping developing areas using LANDSAT 8 data

One of the most basic classification tasks is to distinguish bare-soil areas from urban region. Bare-soil plays an important role in the ecosystem. It could be the reason of dust storms and the indicator of urban expansion. It is also important to monitor the bare-soil areas, but there was no good i...

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Main Authors: S. Li, X. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-04-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-4/139/2014/isprsarchives-XL-4-139-2014.pdf