A comparison of two spectral mixture modelling approaches for impervious surface mapping in urban areas

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4785-4806

  van de Voorde, T ^a   de Roeck, T ^a   Canters, F ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MIXTURES; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AVERAGE ABSOLUTE ERROR; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LINEAR MIXTURE MODELING; LINEAR SPECTRAL UNMIXING; MULTI LAYER PERCEPTRON; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS;

PHOTOMAPPING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERROR ANALYSIS; IKONOS; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIXEL; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPOT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 70449448055     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802665918     Document Type: Article

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