Land Cover Mapping Based on Multisource Spatial Data Mining Approach for Climate Simulation: A Case Study in the Farming-Pastoral Ecotone of North China

Table 6

The ground sample sites for validation over the farming-pastoral ecotone of North China.

Longitude	Latitude	Station	Land cover types
123.01°E	51.78°N	Huzhong	Temperate coniferous forests
121.56°E	50.83°N	DaXinAnLing	Cold coniferous forests
127.53°E	45.38°N	MaoErShan	Temperate deciduous forest
127.09°E	42.40°N	ChangBaiShan	Temperate mixed forest
119.94°E	49.33°N	HuLunBeiEr	Temperate meadow steppe
116.32°E	44.13°N	XiLinGeLe	Temperate grassland
117.45°E	43.50°N	XiLinHaoTe	Leymus chinensis steppe
115.99°E	41.27°N	Google earth	Evergreen needle leaved forest
115.61°E	40.60°N	Google earth	Temperate mixed forest
111.72°E	40.61°N	ShaErQin	Grassland
124.91°E	41.82°N	QinYuan	Deciduous broad leaved forest