An assessment of radiance in landsat tm middle and thermal infrared wavebands for the detection of tropical forest regeneration

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-261

  Boyd, D S ^a   Foody, G M ^b   Curran, P J ^a   Lucas, R M ^a   Honzak, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST REGENERATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; RADIANCE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; TM DATA; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION INDEX;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0029728982     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949003     Document Type: Article

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