Remote estimation of seal length, width, and body mass from aerial photography

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 859-866

  Twiss, Sean D ^a   Pomeroy, Paddy P ^b   Thomas, Christopher J ^a   Mills, Jon P ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEAL (ANIMAL);

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033948615     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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