A flexible multi-source spatial-data fusion system for environmental status assessment at continental scale

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 781-799

  Carrara, P ^a   Bordogna, G ^b   Boschetti, M ^a   Brivio, P A ^a   Nelson, A ^c   Stroppiana, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental scale; Environmental indicator; Fuzzy integration; OWA; Satellite data

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EOS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 46649110766     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810701703183     Document Type: Article

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