Ecoregion classification in the Okavango Delta, Botswana from multitemporal remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4339-4357

  McCarthy, J ^a   Gumbricht, T ^b   McCarthy, T S ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MAPS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOTSWANA; ECOREGION CLASSIFICATION; MULTITEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING;

ECOREGION; FLOODING; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 30344445127     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500113583     Document Type: Article

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