Landsat ETM+ mosaic of northern Canada

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 412-419

  Olthof, Ian ^a   Butson, Chris ^b   Fernandes, Richard ^a   Fraser, Robert ^a   Latifovic, Rasim ^a   Orazietti, Jonathan ^c  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b Prologic Consulting   (Canada)

^c Noetix Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MAPPING EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MAPPING;

EID: 30644458999     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m05-025     Document Type: Article

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