The accuracy of vegetation stand boundaries derived from image segmentation in a desert environment

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Abeyta, Andrès M ^a,b   Franklin, Janet ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERDAS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DESERT ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDSAT TM; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; STAND BOUNDARY; VEGETATION MAPPING; VEGETATION STAND;

USA, CALIFORNIA, ANZA-BORREGO DESERT;

EID: 0031935995     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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