Estimating impervious surfaces area of urban watersheds using ASTER data

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Yang, J S ^a   Artigas, F J ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Impervious surfaces; NDVI; Urban watershed

Indexed keywords

ASTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NDVI; PHOTOGRAPH; PIXEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

EID: 51949105767     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200800118     Document Type: Article

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