Assessing the accuracy of land surface characteristics estimated from multi-angular remotely sensed data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1105-1117

  Widen, N ^a  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CANOPY; LAND SURFACE;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 1542377576     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001598953     Document Type: Article

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