Image fusion for enhanced forest structural assessment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 243-266

  Roberts, J W ^a   van Aardt, J A N ^b   Ahmed, F B ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE FUSION; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMATION; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FOREST STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION APPROACH; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

MAPPING;

ASTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; MODELING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; IMAGES; MAPPING; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 79551665196     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903463684     Document Type: Article

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