An examination of the effects of spatial resolution and image analysis technique on indirect fuel mapping

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 220-229

  Tanase, Mihai Andrei ^a,b   Gitas, Ioannis Z ^c  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fuel mapping; Land management; Object oriented analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FUELS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES;

FUEL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH; OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS; OBJECT-ORIENTED IMAGE ANALYSIS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION DATUM; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

FOREST FIRE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAPPING METHOD; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SENSORS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84861737801     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2012475     Document Type: Article

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