The Importance of accounting for atmospheric effects in the application of NDVI and interpretation of satellite imagery supporting archaeological research: The case studies of Palaepaphos and Nea Paphos sites in Cyprus

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2605-2629

  Agapiou, Athos ^a   Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G ^a   Papoutsa, Christiana ^a   Alexakis, Dimitrios D ^a   Papadavid, George ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Atmospheric correction; Crop marks; Modified darkest pixel algorithm; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CROP MARKS; LANDSAT TM/ETM+; MULTI-SPECTRAL; MULTI-TEMPORAL; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; VEGETATION INDICES; WATER VAPOUR;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERICS; CROPS; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84856731251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3122605     Document Type: Article

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