Moderate resolution remote sensing alternatives: A review of Landsat-like sensors and their applications

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Powell, Scott L ^a   Pflugmacher, Dirk ^b   Kirschbaum, Alan A ^b   Kim, Yuni ^b   Cohen, Warren B ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR ARRAYS;

EARTH OBSERVATION; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 37249005228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2819342     Document Type: Article

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