Forest mensuration–the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest
products–holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management. As …

It is observed that, in most of the CNN-based pansharpening methods, the multispectral
(MS) images are taken as the ground truth, and the downsampled panchromatic (Pan) and …

Natural and anthropogenic processes at the Earth's surface operate at a range of spatial and
temporal scales. Different scales of observation are required to match the spatial scales of …

Forests are the most widely distributed ecosystem on the earth, affecting the lives of most
humans daily, either as an economic good or an environmental regulator. As forests are a …

In this study we investigate the use of local maximum (LM) filtering to locate trees on high
spatial resolution (1-m) imagery. Results are considered in terms of commission error …

Selected by the American Library Association's' Choice'magazine as" best technical book",
the first edition of this book soon established itself as the standard reference work on all …

Earth observation data are becoming available at increasingly finer resolutions. Sensors
already in existence (IKONOS, Quickbird, SPOT 5, Orbview) or due to be launched in the …

Since 1999, very high spatial resolution satellite data represent the surface of the Earth with
more detail. However, information extraction by per pixel multispectral classification …

One of the key geographical developments over the last two centuries has been that of
urbanisation. In recent years this has exploded globally, particularly in developing countries …

Within the next 30 years, the proportion of urban dwellers will rise from under half to two
thirds of the world's population. Such a shift will entail massive public health consequences …