Using a sub-pixel mapping model to improve the accuracy of landscape pattern indices

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1160-1170

  Li, Xiaodong ^a   Du, Yun ^a   Ling, Feng ^a   Wu, Shengjun ^a   Feng, Qi ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size; Landscape pattern index; Landscape spatial pattern; Mixed pixel; Remotely sensed data; Sub pixel mapping

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; LANDSCAPE PATTERN INDICES; MIXED PIXEL; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUB-PIXEL MAPPING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; REMOTE SENSING;

PIXELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DOWNSCALING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INDEX METHOD; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCH DYNAMICS; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSFORM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955837859     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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