Remotely sensed satellite imagery as an information source for industrial peatlands management

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 67-83

  McGovern, Eugene A ^a,b   Holden, Nicholas M ^a   Ward, Shane M ^a   Collins, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Land cover classification; Production peatlands; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MAPPING; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PEAT; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

BOGS; HOLTICULTURE; LAND COVER TYPE; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY; TIMBER PLANTATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PEATLAND; REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGERY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033990462     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(99)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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