Fire type mapping using object-based classification of Ikonos imagery

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-462

  Mitri, George H ^a   Gitas, Ioannis Z ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Canopy burn; Fuzzy analysis; Image segmentation; Surface burn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845769458     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05085     Document Type: Article

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