Human/environment interactions, remote sensing, and artificial neural networks: Modeling longleaf pine sandhill leaf area and burn history in north-central Florida

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-164

  Jensen, Ryan R ^a   Gatrell, Jay D ^a  

^a Indiana State University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BURNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; REMOTE SENSING;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344667562     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.41.2.155     Document Type: Article

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