Vegetation indices and field spectroradiometric measurements for validation of buried architectural remains: Verification under area surveyed with geophysical campaigns

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Agapiou, Athos ^a   Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

archaeological crop marks; buried archaeological remains; phenological cycle; spectral signature anomalies; spectroradiometric measurements

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; LIFE CYCLE; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CROP MARKS; BURIED ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS; PHENOLOGICAL CYCLES; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE ANOMALIES; SPECTRORADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

CROPS;

EID: 80054076313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3645590     Document Type: Article

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