A quantitative fuzzy approach to assess mapped vegetataion classifications for ecological applications

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-267

  Townsend, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SIMILARITY INDEX ASSESSMENT; PLANT ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

FUZZY SETS;

CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 0034213016     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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