Subpixel mapping of snow cover in forests by optical remote sensing

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-82

  Vikhamar, Dagrun ^a   Solberg, Rune ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW;

SUBPIXEL MAPPING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FOREST COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

NORWAY;

EID: 0037211218     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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