Regional scale hierarchical classification of temporal series of AVHRR vegetation index

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3167-3193

  Lobo, A ^a   Marti, J J IB��EZ ^b   Gimenez Cassina, C Carrera ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOMETERS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); REGIONAL SCALE HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 0031252034     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217035     Document Type: Article

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