Simplified desertification monitoring approach based on K-TTCT: A case study in Guyuan county, Heibei province, China

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6790, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cao, Bao ^a   Qin, Qiming ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Li, Baishou ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brightness; Desertification assessment; Desertification monitoring; Greenness; K TTCT; n Dimension visualization

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; LUMINANCE; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

DESERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT; DESERTIFICATION MONITORING; GREENNESS; K-TTCT; N-DIMENSION VISUALIZATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42549103646     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.741703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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