The integration of a satellite spectral analysis into a heather moorland management model (HMMM): The case of Moidach More, northeast Scotland, U.K.

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2319-2336

  Wright, G G ^a   Sibbald, A R ^a   Allison, J S ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADAR IMAGING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HEATHER MOORLAND MANAGEMENT MODEL (HMMM);

REMOTE SENSING;

HEATHER MOORLAND; MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; MODELLING; MOORLAND; MOORLAND VEGETATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

UK, SCOTLAND, MOIDACH MORE;

EID: 0031184680     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217639     Document Type: Article

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