The influence of multi-season imagery on models of canopy cover: A case study

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 469-477

  Coulston, John W ^a   Jacobs, Dennis M ^a   King, Chris R ^a   Elmore, Ivey C ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REFLECTION;

EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GEOSPATIAL PRODUCTS; LANDSAT IMAGERY; REFLECTANCE VALUES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TREE CANOPY COVERS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PIXEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREE;

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES;

GEORGIA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877051205     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.79.5.469     Document Type: Article

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