Art to science: Tools for greater objectivity in resource monitoring

Rangelands

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Cox, Samuel E ^b  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^b USDI BLM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DATA SET; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERB; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 80052073302     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X-33.4.27     Document Type: Article

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