Impact of sun-surface-sensor geometry upon multitemporal high spatial resolution satellite imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-461

  Wulder, Michael A ^a   Ortlepp, Stephanie M ^a   White, Joanne C ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; FOREST STRUCTURES; FORESTED ENVIRONMENTS; GEOMETRIC FIDELITIES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGERIES; IMAGE OBJECTS; IMAGE SEGMENTS; LINEAR FEATURES; MANAGED FORESTS; MULTI TEMPORALS; MULTITEMPORAL ANALYSES; PANCHROMATIC IMAGES; QUICKBIRD IMAGERIES; QUICKBIRD IMAGES; SENSOR GEOMETRIES; SMALL GROUPS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATIONS; STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATIONS; T TESTS; TIME SERIES; VIEW ANGLES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPACT; RESOLUTION; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

EID: 57649171285     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-062     Document Type: Article

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