Sensitivity of the thematic mapper enhanced wetness difference index to detect mountain pine beetle red-attack damage

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-443

  Skakun, Robert S ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Franklin, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change detection; Insect detection; Red attack damage; Tasseled cap

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PATTERN MATCHING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

THEMATIC MAPPERS;

PEST CONTROL;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BEETLE; FORESTRY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PEST DAMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PRINCE GEORGE FOREST;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DENTROCTONUS; INSECTA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 0141457423     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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