A model-based approach to estimating forest area

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-66

  McRoberts, Ronald E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Indiana, USA; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Logistic regression model; Minnesota, USA

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INDIANA, USA; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL; MINNESOTA, USA;

REMOTE SENSING;

CORRELATION; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

INDIANA; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744998400     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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