Potential vegetation indices for determining global forest cover

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1395-1401

  Boyd, D S ^a   Ripple, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFRARED IMAGING; RADIOMETERS;

GLOBAL FOREST COVER; POTENTIAL VEGETATION INDICES; THERMAL INFRARED (TIR) WAVELENGTHS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; FOREST COVER; MIDDLE INFRARED; NOAA; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL INFRARED; VEGETATION INDEX;

USA, OREGON, CASCADE RANGE;

EID: 0031111849     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218511     Document Type: Article

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