Statistical models of fragmented land cover and the effect of coarse spatial resolution on the estimation of area with satellite sensor imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2253-2259

  Hlavka, C A ^a   Livingston, G P ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); FRAGMENTED LAND COVER; SATELLITE SENSOR IMAGERY;

IMAGE SENSORS;

ACCURACY; AREA ESTIMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0031184590     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217882     Document Type: Article

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