Geostatistical estimation of resolution-dependent variance in remotely sensed images

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-50

  Collins, John B ^a,b   Woodcock, Curtis E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Atmospheric and Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0032895892     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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