Model development and comparison to predict softwood and hardwood per cent cover using high and medium spatial resolution imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3749-3761

  Metzler, Jake W ^a,b   Sader, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Forest Society of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; REGRESSION MODELLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST COVER; IKONOS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION TYPE;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 26844446367     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500104152     Document Type: Article

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