Assessing ground cover at patch and hillslope scale in semi-arid woody vegetation and pasture using fused Quickbird data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Muñoz Robles, Carlos ^a   Frazier, Paul ^b   Tighe, Matthew ^a   Reid, Nick ^a   Briggs, Sue V ^c   Wilson, Brian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Eco Logical Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ecohydrology; Image fusion; Inter patches; Modified intensity hue saturation; Patches; Transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUND COVER; HILLSLOPE; NDVI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUICKBIRD; SEMIARID REGION; TRANSFORM;

EID: 84864418746     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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