Selecting representative high resolution sample images for land cover studies. Part 1: Methodology

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-42

  Cihlar, J ^a   Latifovic, R ^a   Chen, J ^a   Beaubien, J ^b   Li, Z ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; VEGETATION;

LAND COVER; PURPOSIVE SELECTION ALGORITHMS (PSA);

REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER;

EID: 0033986702     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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