The contribution of probability theory in assessing the efficiency of two frequently used vegetation indices

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4219-4236

  Vaiopoulos, D ^a   Skianis, G A ^a   Nikolakopoulos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; PROBABILITY; SATELLITES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VEGETATION;

NEAR INFRARED (NIR); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); SIMPLE VEGETATION INDEX (SVI); VEGETATION INDICES;

REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 6344280805     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001680464     Document Type: Article

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