Delineating forest canopy species in the northeastern United States using multi-temporal TM imagery

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 891-904

  Mickelson Jr , John G ^a   Civco, Daniel L ^a   Silander Jr , John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FOREST CANOPY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES INVENTORY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031692709     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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