Using lacunarity index and wavelet analysis to characterize scale-dependent landscape heterogeneity of Hotan Oasis in China

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3408-3411

  Chuansheng, Liu ^a,b   Wanchang, Zhang ^b   Bin, Yong ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristic scale; Heterogeneity; Lacunarity index; Oasis landscape; Remote sensing; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC SCALE; LACUNARITY INDEX; MULTI-SCALE ANALYSIS; OASIS LANDSCAPE; PATCH SIZES;

LAND USE; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 82355186729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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