Spatial analysis of radiometric fractions from high-resolution multispectral imagery for modelling individual tree crown and forest canopy structure and health

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 589-602

  Lévesque, Josée ^a   King, Douglas J ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne digital camera; Boreal forest structure and health; Image fractions; Image spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEXTURES;

FOREST STRUCTURAL HEALTH;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; TEXTURE;

EID: 0037381474     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00182-7     Document Type: Article

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