Exploring edge complexity in remote-sensing vegetation index imageries

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-177

  Sun, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canny Deriche filter; continuous data; edge detection; heterogeneity; NDVI

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; NDVI; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84896117712     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2012.756071     Document Type: Article

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