Improvement of MODIS land cover classification over the Asia-Oceania region

RNSSs Positioning in the Asia-Oceania Region

Since the late 1990s, several Asian countries have developed plans to launch their own navigation satellite systems (NSSs). As a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is very expensive and complex – only the US and Russia have fully developed GNSSs so far, with Europe and China promising systems – a Regional Navigation Satellite System (RNSS) is a more feasible option. China launched its fi...

Normalizing Aster Data Using Modis Products for Land Cover Classification

ASTER has similar bandwidths and spatial resolution to Landsat and is an important component of the mid-resolution data archive. However, the limited duty cycle of ASTER and relatively small scene size has resulted in a “patchwork” archive of global imagery. The changes of solar geometries (BRDF) and phenology complicate land cover classification and change detection especially when comparing t...

The Improvement of Land Cover Classification by Thermal Remote Sensing

Land cover classification has been widely investigated in remote sensing for agricultural, ecological and hydrological applications. Landsat images with multispectral bands are commonly used to study the numerous classification methods in order to improve the classification accuracy. Thermal remote sensing provides valuable information to investigate the effectiveness of the thermal bands in ex...

MODIS Land Cover Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) Version 5.0 MODIS Land Cover and Land-Cover Change

This document details the structural definition, development process, and functional flow of the MODIS Land-Cover Product. The Land Cover and Land-Cover Change Parameters were proposed by the MODIS Land Team, with Team Member Alan Strahler leading the effort. The Land Cover Parameter is a 1-km product provided on a quarterly basis beginning about one year following the acquisition of a global d...

MODIS Enhanced Land Cover and Land Cover Change Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBD) Version 2.0 MODIS Enhanced Land Cover and Land Cover Change Principal Investigator: