An approach for characterizing the distribution of shrubland ecosystem components as continuous fields as part of NLCD

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-149

  Xian, George ^a   Homer, Collin ^a   Meyer, Debbie ^a   Granneman, Brian ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous field; Landsat; Regression tree; Shurbland; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONTINUOUS FIELDS; LANDSAT; REGRESSION TREES; SHURBLAND; WORLDVIEW-2;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHRUBLAND; THEMATIC MAPPING; VEGETATION COVER;

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886487368     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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