Classification of forest land cover in BOREAS. II: Comparison of results from a sub-pixel scale physical modeling approach and a training based method

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-142

  Peddle, D R ^a   Hall, F G ^b   Le Drew, E F ^c   Knapp, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CANOPY GEOMETRIC OPTICAL REFLECTANCE MODEL; FOREST LAND CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED EVIDENTIAL REASONING IMAGE CLASSIFIERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031164308     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1997.10855195     Document Type: Article

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