Using shade fraction image segmentation to evaluate deforestation in landsat thematic mapper images of the Amazon region

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 535-541

  Shimabukuro, Y E ^a   Batista, G T ^a   Mello, E M K ^a   Moreira, J C ^a   Duarte, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

DEFORESTATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVELPING COUNTRY; FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDSAT TM; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0032004854     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698216152     Document Type: Article

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