Multiple endmember unmixing of CHRIS/proba imagery for mapping impervious surfaces in urban and suburban environments

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3409-3424

  Demarchi, Luca ^a   Canters, Frank ^a   Chan, Jonathan Cheung Wai ^a   Van De Voorde, Tim ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Project for On Board Autonomy (CHRIS Proba); impervious surface mapping; multiple endmember unmixing

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; BELGIUM; CHRIS/PROBA; ENDMEMBERS; FRACTION ESTIMATION; FRACTIONAL ERRORS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LAND COVER; MODEL SELECTION; ON-BOARD AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; PROPER MODELS; SPECTRAL SIMILARITY; SUB PIXELS; UNMIXING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PIXELS; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS;

PHOTOMAPPING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BARE SOIL; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTIONATION; LAND COVER; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; SUBURBAN AREA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BELGIUM; FLEMISH BRABANT; LOUVAIN;

EID: 84865676279     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2181853     Document Type: Article

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