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International Journal of Remote Sensing Volume 25, 2004 - Issue 9
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Technical Note

Accuracy of land cover area estimated from coarse spatial resolution images using an unmixing method

K. Oki Corresponding author Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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T. M. Uenishi Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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K. Omasa Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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M. Tamura National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
Pages 1673-1683 | Received 17 May 2002, Accepted 08 Apr 2003, Published online: 13 May 2010

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