Up-scaling methods based on variability-weighting and simulation for inferring spatial information across scales

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4961-4979

  Wang, G ^a   Gertner, G ^a   Anderson, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPS; NATURAL RESOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

BETA DISTRIBUTION SIMULATION (BDS); THEMATIC MAPPER (TM); WINDOW AVERAGING (WA);

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 8844261244     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001680428     Document Type: Article

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