Mapping secondary tropical forest and forest age from SPOT HRV data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3625-3640

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

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOMAPPING; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANOPY HOMOGENEITY; HIGH RESOLUTION VISIBLE DATA; LINEAR ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE POSITIONING AND TRACKING; TEXTURE MEASUREMENTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGE; SECONDARY FOREST; SPOT; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 0033382009     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699211246     Document Type: Article

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