Land cover mapping for tropical forest rehabilitation planning using remotely-sensed data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1029-1049

  Apan, A A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; REVEGETATION; TROPICS;

CROWN COVER DENSITY; LAND COVER MAPPING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; TROPICAL FOREST REHABILITATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ARC/INFO; CROWN COVER; DEVELOPING REGION; FOREST PLANNING; FOREST REHABILITATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND COVER; LAND COVER MAPPING; LANDSAT TM; MICROBRIAN; NDVI; PLANNING; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGING; TROPICS;

PHILIPPINES, MINDORO;

EID: 0031103345     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218557     Document Type: Article

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