Remote sensing of impervious surfaces: In tropical and subtropical areas

Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces: In Tropical and Subtropical Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-170

  Zhang, Hongsheng ^b   Lin, Hui ^b   Zhang, Yuanzhi ^b   Weng, Qihao ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL MODELING; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; URBAN IMPERVIOUS SURFACES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84962590795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b18836     Document Type: Book

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