Physically based inversion modeling for unsupervised cluster labeling, independent forest classification, and LAI estimation using MFM-5-Scale

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-225

  Peddle, D R ^a   Johnson, R L ^a,e   Cihlar, J ^b,f   Leblanc, S G ^b   Chen, J M ^c   Hall, F G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Iunctus Geomatics Corp   (Canada)

^f ZEMKON INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE SENSORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE MODELS; INVERSION MODELING; TRAINING DATA; UNSUPERVISED CLUSTER LABELING;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 35748944134     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-026     Document Type: Article

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