BCI: A biophysical composition index for remote sensing of urban environments

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-259

  Deng, Chengbin ^a   Wu, Changshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical composition index; Separability; Tasseled Cap transformation; Urban environments; Vegetation impervious surface soil model

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICAL COMPOSITION INDEX; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; SEPARABILITY; TASSELED CAP TRANSFORMATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOPHYSICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ABUNDANCE; BARE SOIL; BIOPHYSICS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; MONITORING; NDVI; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84867025669     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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