Scale Dependence of NDVI and Its Relationship to Mountainous Terrain

Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 27-56

  Walsh, Stephen J ^a   Moody, Aaron ^a   Allen, Thomas R ^b   Brown, Daniel G ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85148842166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203740170-3     Document Type: Chapter

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