A comparison of Landsat ETM+ and high-resolution aerial orthophotos to map urban/suburban forest cover in Massachusetts, USA

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 667-676

  Giner, Nicholas M ^a   Rogan, John ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL ORTHOPHOTOS; CLASSIFICATION TREES; COST-EFFICIENT; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); FOREST COVER; FOREST PATCHES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTORICAL ARCHIVE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT ETM+; LANDSAT IMAGERY; MASSACHUSETTS , USA; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL COVERAGE; TIME-PERIODS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; IMAGERY; LANDSAT; ORTHOPHOTO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION MAPPING;

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857543966     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.656767     Document Type: Article

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