Spectral discrimination of hydrothermally altered materials using ASTER short-wave infrared bands: Evaluation in a tropical savannah environment

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Galvão, Lênio Soares ^a   Almeida Filho, Raimundo ^a   Vitorello, Ícaro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ASTER; Hydrothermal alteration; Reflectance; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ASTER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 20844449111     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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