High spatial resolution remote sensing data for forest ecosystem classification: An examination of spatial scale

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 268-289

  Treitz, Paul ^a   Howarth, Philip ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT;

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0034212991     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00098-X     Document Type: Article

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