Integrating remote sensing and geostatistics to estimate woody vegetation in an African savanna

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 305-322

  Adjorlolo, C ^a   Mutanga, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

geostatistics; remote sensing; savanna rangelands; spatial distribution; woody tree cover

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KRIGING; PARAMETERIZATION; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPOT; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

AFRICA;

EID: 84884499916     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2013.815577     Document Type: Article

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