ASTER. See Advanced spaceborne thermal
emission and reflection radiometer
(ASTER)
Auto-covariances, 3–4
AVHRR. See Advanced very high resolution
radiometer (AVHRR)
Beta distribution, 50
Beta index, 50
as measure of surface temperature spatial
variation, 50–51
Biocontrol agents, 84
Biocontrol insect, 83
Biological hierarchy, 146
cell-organ-organism-ecosystem, 146
Biophysical characteristics, 34
TIR data to analyze, 35
Biophysical state, of Earth’s
surface, 62
Blob–feature detection, 148, 151–156
binary blobs, 153–154
generic blob events, 155
gray-level blob delineation, 153
hyperblob stack, 155
lifetimes, 154
normalization, 154
scale-space events, 154
single, idealized hyperblob, blob
events, 156
SS blob ranking and vectors, 156
Bloblike structures, 163
Block cokriging in geostatistics, 111
Block cosimulation, 114
Block variances, 113
Canny algorithm, 185
Canny edge detector, 178, 183
Canopy. See also Grassland
chlorophyll, 127
discoloration, 84
integrated approaches, 127
integrated pigment content, 127
level reflectance spectral data, 127
scale, 127
Carbon equivalent, 112
Census-based LSTvariation, 69
Center-pixel variability weighted
method, 110
Chlorophyll, 126
concentrations, 127
measurements, 127
estimating grassland content
from leaf to landscape level, 128
QuickBird image, 135
at canopy level and landscape
levels, 134
spectral index, 7
Cirsium arvense, 128
Climatology, 35
Coarser categorical scales, 63
drawbacks, 64
Coarse resolution images, 65
Coarse resolution thermal imagery, 4
Cokriging estimator, 114
Cokriging variances, 113–114
Complexity, 4
ecological, 52
fractal, 247
geometric, 249
landscape, 227
spatial, 239, 242, 249, 250
textural, 247–250
theory, 141
Complex systems, 143
Computer aided photo interpretation
(CAPI), 26
Computer vision, 141
applications, 174
Conditional variance, 112–113
Cosimulation, 112
image-based indicator, 123
point simple cokriging block, 6
point simple cokriging point, 6,
112, 123
sequential Gaussian, 112, 119, 121
Covariances, 113–114
eddy covariance ET, 100
eddy covariance flux, 44, 99
spatial auto-covariances, 4
DAIS (digital airborne imaging
spectrometer) images, 52
Data
aggregation, 3, 73, 109, 120
collection, 6
driven thresholding approach, 173
fusion, 5, 6, 14–15, 27, 61, 73
multiscale electro-optical data, 17
322
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emission and reflection radiometer
(ASTER)
Auto-covariances, 3–4
AVHRR. See Advanced very high resolution
radiometer (AVHRR)
Beta distribution, 50
Beta index, 50
as measure of surface temperature spatial
variation, 50–51
Biocontrol agents, 84
Biocontrol insect, 83
Biological hierarchy, 146
cell-organ-organism-ecosystem, 146
Biophysical characteristics, 34
TIR data to analyze, 35
Biophysical state, of Earth’s
surface, 62
Blob–feature detection, 148, 151–156
binary blobs, 153–154
generic blob events, 155
gray-level blob delineation, 153
hyperblob stack, 155
lifetimes, 154
normalization, 154
scale-space events, 154
single, idealized hyperblob, blob
events, 156
SS blob ranking and vectors, 156
Bloblike structures, 163
Block cokriging in geostatistics, 111
Block cosimulation, 114
Block variances, 113
Canny algorithm, 185
Canny edge detector, 178, 183
Canopy. See also Grassland
chlorophyll, 127
discoloration, 84
integrated approaches, 127
integrated pigment content, 127
level reflectance spectral data, 127
scale, 127
Carbon equivalent, 112
Census-based LSTvariation, 69
Center-pixel variability weighted
method, 110
Chlorophyll, 126
concentrations, 127
measurements, 127
estimating grassland content
from leaf to landscape level, 128
QuickBird image, 135
at canopy level and landscape
levels, 134
spectral index, 7
Cirsium arvense, 128
Climatology, 35
Coarser categorical scales, 63
drawbacks, 64
Coarse resolution images, 65
Coarse resolution thermal imagery, 4
Cokriging estimator, 114
Cokriging variances, 113–114
Complexity, 4
ecological, 52
fractal, 247
geometric, 249
landscape, 227
spatial, 239, 242, 249, 250
textural, 247–250
theory, 141
Complex systems, 143
Computer aided photo interpretation
(CAPI), 26
Computer vision, 141
applications, 174
Conditional variance, 112–113
Cosimulation, 112
image-based indicator, 123
point simple cokriging block, 6
point simple cokriging point, 6,
112, 123
sequential Gaussian, 112, 119, 121
Covariances, 113–114
eddy covariance ET, 100
eddy covariance flux, 44, 99
spatial auto-covariances, 4
DAIS (digital airborne imaging
spectrometer) images, 52
Data
aggregation, 3, 73, 109, 120
collection, 6
driven thresholding approach, 173
fusion, 5, 6, 14–15, 27, 61, 73
multiscale electro-optical data, 17
322
INDEX