Land-cover classification in the Andes of southern Ecuador using Landsat ETM+ data as a basis for SVAT modelling

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1867-1886

  Gottlicher, D ^a   Obregon A ^a   Homeier, J ^b   Rollenbeck, R ^a   Nauss, T ^a   Bendix, J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VEGETATION;

DEMPSTER SHAFER EVIDENCE THEORY; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LINEAR SPECTRAL UNMIXING; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; SOFT CLASSIFICATION; SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFERS; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

FORESTRY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION; DISTRIBUTION; FORESTRY; MODELS; PLANTS; PROBABILITY;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650242180     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802541531     Document Type: Article

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