Linking satellite and field survey data, through the use of GIS, as implemented in Great Britain in the Countryside Survey 1990 project

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 385-398

  Gillespie, Morna K ^a   Howard, D C ^a   Ness, M J ^a   Fuller, R M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UK;

EID: 0029663117     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00396157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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