K nearest neighbor method for forest inventory using remote sensing data

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-165

  Meng, Qingmin ^a   Cieszewski, Chris J ^a   Madden, Marguerite ^a   Borders, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 34247531883     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.44.2.149     Document Type: Article

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