Use of MODIS NDVI data to improve forest-area estimation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6379-6393

  Maselli, Fabio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DIRECT EXPANSION; FOREST DISTRIBUTION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REFERENCE SAMPLING; REGRESSION ESTIMATORS; SAMPLING DENSITIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTRY MODELING; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; SAMPLING; SATELLITES;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 82055164255     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.510490     Document Type: Article

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