Linking riparian vegetation spatial structure in Australian tropical savannas to ecosystem health indicators: Semi-variogram analysis of high spatial resolution satellite imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 228-243

  Johansen, Kasper ^a   Phinn, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; IMAGE SENSORS; MAPPING; SATELLITES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; CONDITION MONITORING; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING;

QUICKBIRD IMAGES; SPECTRAL BANDS; STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTES; VEGETATION SPATIAL STRUCTURE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; RIPARIAN ZONE HEALTH; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL SAVANNAS; FIELD SURVEYS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMI-VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY; FORESTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; SATELLITES;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; IMAGE DATA; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEMI-VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS; PLANTS;

EID: 33749468531     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m06-020     Document Type: Article

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