Remote sensing and land cover area estimation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3019-3047

  Gallego, F J ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CALIBRATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

AREA ESTIMATION; LAND COVER AREA; SATELLITE IMAGES;

REMOTE SENSING;

CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL; REGRESSION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 3042729893     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001619607     Document Type: Article

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