Synergistic effects of combined Landsat-TM and SIR-B data for forest resources assessment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 1993, Pages 2677-2694

  Lozano Garcia, D F ^a,c   Hoffer, R M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW PASS FILTERS; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

LANDSAT 5 THEMATIC MAPPER; RADAR SMOOTH TARGETS; SHUTTLE IMAGING RADAR B (SIR-B); SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

CONTEXTUAL CLASSIFIER; FOREST RESOURCE; LAND COVER; LANDSAT TM; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SHUTTLE; SIR-B;

USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0027790341     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169308904301     Document Type: Article

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