Estimating landscape fragmentation indices from satellite images: The effect of sensor spatial resolution

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5232, Issue , 2004, Pages 668-675

  García, Soledad ^a   Saura, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fragmentation indices; Landscape patterns; Point spread function; Scale; Sensor spatial resolution; Spatial configuration

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATERS;

FRAGMENTATION INDICES; LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; SCALE; SENSOR SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION;

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 1942516879     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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