Spectral normalization of SPOT 4 data to adjust for changing leaf phenology within seasonal forests in Cambodia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-130

  Langner, Andreas ^a   Hirata, Yasumasa ^a   Saito, Hideki ^a   Sokh, Heng ^b   Leng, Chivin ^b   Pak, Chealy ^b   Raši, Rastislav ^c,d  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Forestry Administration   (Cambodia)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Cambodia; Deciduous forest; Forest monitoring; Normalization; Object based classification; Seam line; Seasonality; SPOT 4; Transformed divergence

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; CAMBODIA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MONITORING; NORMALIZATION; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; SEAM LINE; SEASONALITY; SPOT 4; TRANSFORMED DIVERGENCE;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BIOLOGY; DROUGHT; PIXELS; REFLECTION; STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

ARTIFACT; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPOT;

BIOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; STATISTICS;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 84892858702     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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