Mapping montane tropical forest successional stage and land use with multi-date Landsat imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2163-2183

  Helmer, E H ^a   Brown, S ^b   Cohen, W B ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MONTANE FOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0033925662     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160050029495     Document Type: Article

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