Multifractality and spatial statistics

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 949-961

  Cheng, Qiuming ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Higher order correlation coefficients; Lacunarity analysis; Landsat TM Imagery; Multifractality; Semivariogram

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER;

EID: 0033370873     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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