Automated derivation of geographic window sizes for use in remote sensing digital image texture analysis

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 665-673

  Franklin, S E ^a   Wulder, M A ^b   Lavigne, M B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Forest structure; Image classification; Mapping; Semivariance

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC WINDOW; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029731854     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-3004(96)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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