A Biophysical Image Compositing Technique for the Global-Scale Extraction and Mapping of Barren Lands

As the barren lands play a key role in the interaction between land cover dynamics and climate system, an efficient methodology for the global-scale extraction and mapping of the barren lands is important. The discriminative potential of the existing soil/bareness indexes was assessed by collecting...

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Main Authors: Ram C. Sharma, Ryutaro Tateishi, Keitarou Hara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/5/12/225