Land Cover Change Monitoring Using Landsat MSS/TM Satellite Image Data over West Africa between 1975 and 1990

Land Cover Change Monitoring Using Landsat MSS/TM Satellite Image Data over West Africa between 1975 and 1990

Monitoring land cover changes from the 1970s in West Africa is important for assessing the dynamics between land cover types and understanding the anthropogenic impact during this period. Given the lack of historical land cover maps over such a large area, Landsat data is a reliable and consistent s...

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Main Authors: Marian Vittek, Andreas Brink, Francois Donnay, Dario Simonetti, Baudouin Desclée
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
West Africa
land cover change
Landsat
sampling
change detection
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/1/658

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