Feature selection and land cover classification of a modis-like data set for a semiarid environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 919-938

  Borak, J S ^a   Strahler, A H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOMETERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

LAND COVER; MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS);

REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION; DATA MANAGEMENT; EOS; LAND COVER; SEMIARID REGION;

ARIZONA; COCHISE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033586445     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311699212993     Document Type: Article

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