Classification of late seral coastal temperate rainforests with high spatial resolution QuickBird imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages S460-S470

  Thompson, Shanley D ^a   Gergel, Sarah E ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; PHOTOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; FINE RESOLUTIONS; FOREST COVERS; FOREST INVENTORIES; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERIES; LATE SERAL FORESTS; MULTIPLE SCALES; QUICKBIRD IMAGERIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPERATE RAINFORESTS; TEXTURAL INFORMATIONS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; SOIL;

EID: 57849167970     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-050     Document Type: Article

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