%0 Journal Article
%A Mingguo Ma
%A Tao Che
%A Xin Li
%A Qing Xiao
%A Kai Zhao
%A Xiaoping Xin
%+ School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China;;Heihe Remote Sensing Experimental Research Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;;Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;;Huailai Remote Sensing Test Station, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China;;Changchun Jingyuetan Remote Sensing Experimental Station, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China;;Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
%T A Prototype Network for Remote Sensing Validation in China
%J Remote Sensing
%D 2015
%N 5
%V 7
%K regional validation;validation network;remote sensing;remote sensing products;China
%X Validation is an essential and important step before the application of remote sensing products. This paper introduces a prototype of the validation network for remote sensing products in China (VRPC). The VRPC aims to improve remote sensing products at a regional scale in China. These improvements will enhance the applicability of the key remote sensing products in understanding and interpretation of typical land surface processes in China. The framework of the VRPC is introduced first, including its four basic components. Then, the basic selection principles of the observation sites are described, and the principles for the validation of the remote sensing products are established. The VRPC will be realized in stages. In the first stage, four stations that have improved remote sensing observation facilities have been incorporated according to the selection principles. Certain core observation sites have been constructed at these stations. Next the Heihe Station is introduced in detail as an example. The thr...
%W CNKI