Analysis of Forest Structure Using Thematic Mapper Simulator Data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-24, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 113-121

  Peterson, David L ^a   Brass, James A ^a   Westman, Walter E ^a   Ambrosia, Vincent G ^a   Spanner, Michael A ^a   Stephenson, Nate J ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPS AND MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING - MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FOREST STRUCTURE; FOREST TYPES; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; THEMATIC MAPPER SIMULATOR (TMS);

FORESTRY;

EID: 0022435631     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1986.289692     Document Type: Article

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