Land use/cover changes using Landsat TM/ETM images in a tropical and biodiverse mountainous area of central-eastern Mexico

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-93

  Munoz Villers L E ^a   Lopez Blanco J ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

BIODIVERSE HYDROLOGICAL REGION; LAND USE/COVER (LUC); TROPICAL MOUNTAINOUS WATERSHED;

LAND USE;

CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING; WATERSHED;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

EID: 37249054204     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701280967     Document Type: Article

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