The improvement of an object-oriented classification using multi-temporal MODIS EVI satellite data

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-236

  Gao, Y ^a   Mas, J F ^b   Navarrete, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Enhanced vegetation index (evi); Moderate resolution imaging spectral radiometer (modis); Object based image classification; Phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051710883     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538940902818311     Document Type: Article

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