Evaluation and parameterization of ATCOR3 topographic correction method for forest cover mapping in mountain areas

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 436-450

  Balthazar, Vincent ^a   Vanacker, Veerle ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atcor; Forest; Landsat; Mountains; Remote sensing; Topographic correction

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION; FOREST COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84864528759     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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