Forest type mapping using incorporation of spatial models and ETM+ data

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2292-2299

  Joibary, Shaban Shataee ^a,d   Darvishsefat, Ali A ^b   Kellenberger, Tobias W ^c  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Gorgan University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forest type mapping; Improvement; Prior probability; Spatial models; Topographic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547156034     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2292.2299     Document Type: Article

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