Measurement error in reflectance data and its implications for regularizing the variogram

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3735-3750

  Atkinson, P M ^a   Dunn, R ^b   Harrison, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Jessamine Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); VARIOGRAMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

MEASUREMENT ERROR; NDVI; REFLECTANCE DATA; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 0030441193     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949181     Document Type: Article

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