Disturbance capture and attribution through the integration of Landsat and IRS-1C imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-533

  Stewart, Benjamin P ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   McDermid, Gregory J ^c   Nelson, Trisalyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; MANAGERS; REMOTE SENSING;

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DISTURBANCE ATTRIBUTIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; INSECT INFESTATIONS; LANDSAT-7 (L7) ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITES;

EID: 77955699105     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-006     Document Type: Article

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