Mapping the heterogeneity of natural and semi-natural landscapes

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-183

  Ali, Amjad ^a,b   de Bie, C A J M ^a   Skidmore, A K ^a   Scarrott, R G ^c   Lymberakis, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Hyper temporal; Landscape; Mapping; MODIS; NDVI

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAPPING; MODIS; NDVI; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE [GREECE]; GREECE;

EID: 84897881272     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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