Accuracies in mapping secondary tropical forest age from sequential satellite imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-120

  Kimes, D S ^a   Nelson, R F ^a   Skole, D L ^b   Salas, W A ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; SATELLITES; TROPICS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MAPPING;

AGE DETERMINATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0032108710     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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