Selecting the spatial resolution of airborne MSS imagery for small-scale agricultural mapping

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1903-1917

  Atkinson, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS;

AIRBORNE MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER (MSS) IMAGERY; SMALL SCALE AGRICULTURAL MAPPING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AIRBORNE IMAGING; MAPPING; MSS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

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EID: 0031158535     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217945     Document Type: Article

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