Improved semi-arid community type differentiation with the NOAA AVHRR via exploitation of the directional signal

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1132-1149

  Chopping, Mark J ^a   Rango, Albert ^a   Ritchie, Jerry C ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert regions; Environmental factors; Geometric modelling; Image classification; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Remote sensing; Satellite applications; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAPPING; OPTICAL SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0036564509     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.1010900     Document Type: Article

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