Vegetation index differencing and linear regression for change detection in a Swedish mountain range using Landsat TM® and ETM+® imagery

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Nordberg, Maj Liz ^a   Evertson, J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SwedPower AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change detection; Heath vegetation; High latitude mountainous areas; Indigenous knowledge; Landsat TM and ETM+ ; NDVI

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IMAGE REGRESSION; MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); VEGETATION COVER;

VEGETATION;

INDEX METHOD; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 17244378286     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.660     Document Type: Article

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