Spatio-Temporal Analysis Using a Multiscale Hierarchical Ecoregionalization

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-110

  Handcock, Rebecca N ^a,b   Csillag, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SENSORS; VEGETATION;

SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; ECOSYSTEM; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347317964     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.70.1.101     Document Type: Article

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