Remote sensing of urban vegetation life form by spectral mixture analysis of high-resolution IKONOS satellite images

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 985-1000

  Nichol, J ^a   Wong, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ALBEDO SURFACES; LINEAR SPECTRAL UNMIXING; TREE CANOPIES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; IKONOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPOT; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

EID: 33947498143     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600784176     Document Type: Article

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