A comparison of landsat thematic mapper and spot multi-spectral imagery for the classification of shrub and meadow vegetation in northern California, U.S.A

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3719-3728

  Basham May, A Michele ^a   Pinder, J E ^b   Kroh, G C ^c  

^a Union Pacific Resources   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAPPING;

LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER (TM); MEADOW VEGETATION; SHRUB VEGETATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSAT TM; MAPPING; MEADOW; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUB; SPOT; VEGETATION; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031428773     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697216577     Document Type: Article

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