Land cover characterization using multitemporal red, near-ir, and thermal-ir data from NOAA/AVHRR

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-90

  Nemani, Ramakrishna ^a   Running, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Land cover; Remote sensing; Surface temperature; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING;

USA;

EID: 0030616814     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0079:LCCUMR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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