Land cover classification using multi-temporal MERIS vegetation indices

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1137-1159

  Dash, J ^a   Mathur, A ^b   Foody, G M ^c   Curran, P J ^d   Chipman, J W ^e   Lillesand, T M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Punjab Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; VEGETATION;

LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER; VEGETATION INDEX;

SPECTROMETERS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; MAPPING; MERIS; VEGETATION INDEX;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; PLANTS; SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 33947423832     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600784259     Document Type: Article

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