Estimating fractional land cover in semi-arid central Kalahari: the impact of mapping method (spectral unmixing vs. object-based image analysis) and vegetation morphology

Geocarto International

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 860-877

  Mishra, Niti B ^a   Crews, Kelley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

fractional cover; GeoEye; MESMA; Object based image analysis; semi arid savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905730934     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2013.868041     Document Type: Article

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