Tree species mapping in tropical forests using multi-temporal imaging spectroscopy: Wavelength adaptive spectral mixture analysis

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-66

  Somers, B ^a,b   Asner, G P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperion; Hyperspectral; MESMA; Morellafaya; Phenology; Psidium cattleianum

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; HYPERION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PHENOLOGY; PIXEL; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST; WAVELENGTH;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84904489366     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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