Computerized classification of Mediterranean vegetation using panchromatic aerial photographs

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-454

  Carmel, Yohay ^a   Kadmon, Ronen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

GIS; Image analysis; Neighbor classifier; Remote sensing; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ISRAEL; MOUNT MERON;

EID: 0031796898     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237108     Document Type: Article

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