Image and data fusion in remote sensing of urban areas: Status issues and research trends

International Journal of Image and Data Fusion

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-12

  Gamba, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

data fusion; feature based fusion; image fusion; urban remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896318685     PISSN: 19479832     EISSN: 19479824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19479832.2013.848477     Document Type: Review

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