Image segmentation for humid tropical forest classification in landsat tm data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1039-1044

  Hill, R A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LOW PASS FILTERS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

LOCAL SPECTRAL VARIATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGY; HUMID TROPICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; TROPICAL FOREST;

PERU;

EID: 0033586361     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699213082     Document Type: Article

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