Image segment-based spectral features in the estimation of timber volume

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 349-359

  Pekkarinen, Anssi ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SATELLITES;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0036787087     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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