Use of normalized difference built-up index in automatically mapping urban areas from TM imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 583-594

  Zha, Y ^a   Gao, J ^b   Ni, S ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; URBAN PLANNING;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE BUILD-UP INDEX (NDBI);

REMOTE SENSING;

LAND COVER; NDBI; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; THEMATIC MAPPING; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; JIANGSU PROVINCE; NANJIANG;

EID: 0037429468     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160304987     Document Type: Article

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