Near-surface permafrost distribution mapping using logistic regression and remote sensing in interior Alaska

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-363

  Panda, S ^a   Prakash, A ^a   Jorgenson, M ^b   Solie, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Alaska Ecoscience   (United States)

^c Baseline Geoconsulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; PERMAFROST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860176649     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.49.3.346     Document Type: Article

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