Hierarchy and scaling: Extrapolating information along a scaling ladder

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-380

  Wu, Jianguo ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Extrapolation; Grain, extent; Hierarchical patch dynamics; Hierarchy theory; Near decomposability; Pattern and process; Scale; Scaling; Space time decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001238641     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1999.10874736     Document Type: Article

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