Quantifying spatial heterogeneity at the landscape scale using variogram models

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-96

  Garrigues, S ^a   Allard, D ^b   Baret, F ^b   Weiss, M ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Noveltis   (France)

Author keywords

Data regularization; Landscape; Length scale; Moderate spatial resolution; NDVI; Optimal spatial resolution; Spatial heterogeneity; Variogram model

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERROR CORRECTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

DATA REGULARIZATION; LANDSCAPES; LENGTH SCALE; MODERATE SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NDVI; OPTIMAL SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; VARIOGRAM MODELS;

VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

LAND SURFACE; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 33744984404     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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