On comparing multifractal and classical features in minimum distance classification of AVHRR imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3943-3959

  Parrinello, T ^a   Vaughan, R A ^b  

^a ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; CLASSICAL FEATURE; MINIMUM DISTANCE CLASSIFICATION; MULTIFRACTAL FEATURE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEXTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 33750064566     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600685241     Document Type: Article

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