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Individual tree detection based on variable and fixed window size local maxima filtering applied to IKONOS imagery for even-aged Eucalyptus plantation forestsM. T. Gebreslasie, F. B. Ahmed, J. A. N. van Aardt and F. Blakeway............................................................ 4141

Texture information-based hybrid methodology for the segmentation of SAR imagesP. K. Singh, N. Sinha, K. Sikka and A. K. Mishra............................................................................................ 4155

Burned area mapping with MERIS post-fire imageP. Oliva, P. Martín and E. Chuvieco ................................................................................................................ 4175

Learning sparse conditional random fields to select features for land development classificationP. Zhong, F. Liu and R. Wang .......................................................................................................................... 4203

Modified Alex–Behari model for soil moisture as a function of salinity, texture and frequencyM. C. Meena and J. Behari ................................................................................................................................ 4221

Detection of photosynthetic activity under cadmium stress by measurement of the red and far-red chlorophyll fluorescenceJ. Cherif, N. Derbel, M. Nakkach, C. Mediouni, H. von Bergmann, F. Jemal and Z. B. Lakhdar ...................... 4233

Discriminating the early stages of Sirex noctilio infestation using classification tree ensembles and shortwave infrared bandsR. Ismail and O. Mutanga .................................................................................................................................. 4249

Global trends in NDVI-derived parameters obtained from GIMMS dataJ. A. Sobrino and Y. Julien ................................................................................................................................ 4267

Estimating winter crop area across seasons and regions using time-sequential MODIS imageryA. Potgieter, A. Apan, G. Hammer and P. Dunn ............................................................................................ 4281

Using class-based feature selection for the classification of hyperspectral dataY. Maghsoudi, M. J. V. Zoej and M. Collins .................................................................................................. 4311

Evapotranspiration estimation using the Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper image over the Gyungan watershed in KoreaM. Choi, T. W. Kim, M. Park and S. J. Kim .................................................................................................... 4327

Evaluation of high-resolution, true-colour, aerial imagery for mapping bathymetry in a clear-water river without ground-based depth measurementsS. C. Walther, W. A. Marcus and M. A. Fonstad ............................................................................................ 4343

Pre-classification and post-classification change-detection techniques to monitor landcover and land-use change using multi-temporal Landsat imagery: a case study on Pisa Province in ItalyR. Peiman ............................................................................................................................................................ 4365

Absorption properties of shoal-dominated waters in the Atchafalaya Shelf, Louisiana, USAP. Naik, E. J. D’sa, M. Grippo, R. Condrey and J. Fleeger ............................................................................ 4383

Death to Kappa: birth of quantity disagreement and allocation disagreement for accuracy assessmentR. G. Pontius Jr and M. Millones ...................................................................................................................... 4407

Impact analysis of MODIS band-to-band registration on its measurements and science data productsY. Xie, X. Xiong, J. J. Qu, N. Che and M. E. Summers .................................................................................. 4431

Near real-time Feed On Offer (FOO) from MODIS for early season grazing management of Mediterranean annual pasturesR. C. G. Smith, M. Adams, S. Gittins, S. Gherardi, D. Wood, S. Maier, R. Stovold, G. Donald, S. Khohkar and A. Allen .................................................................................................................................... 4445

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(To whom all submissions of papers, letters, technical notes and review articles should be sent,normally via the Journal’s online Manuscript Central site.)

Co-Editor-in-Chief:A. P. Cracknell University of Dundee, UK

Associate Editors:M. J. Collins University of Calgary, Canada

F. M. Danson University of Salford, UKG. B. França Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

R. Gens University of Alaska Fairbanks, USAM. Gianinetto Politecnico di Milano University, Italy

P. Gong University of California, Berkeley, USAY. Hong University of Oklahoma, USA

W. G. Huang Second Institute of Oceanography, PR ChinaS. Paloscia Instituto di Fisica Applicata, Italy

A. C. B. Roberts Simon Fraser University, CanadaA. K. Saraf Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, IndiaR. P. Singh Chapman University, USAD. A. Stow San Diego State University, USA

S. Tanaka Remote Sensing, JapanC. Varotsos University of Athens, Greece

M. J. C. Weir University of Twente, The NetherlandsY. Xue London Metropolitan University, UK

Book Reviews Editor:A. Graham APEM Ltd, UK

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Volume 32 Numbers 15–16 August 2011Identification of bluefin tuna cages in Mediterranean Sea fishing grounds from SAR imagesJ. Cicuendez Perez, M. Alvarez Alvarez, J. Heikkonen and M. Indregard .................................................... 4461

Detection of snow and frost in southern China in January 2008 using AMSR-E scattering and polarization indexesY.-Q. Jin and H. Chen........................................................................................................................................ 4475

Rock type classification of drill core using continuous wavelet analysis applied to thermal infrared reflectance spectraJ. Feng, B. Rivard, A. Gallie and A. Sanchez-Azofeifa .................................................................................... 4489

Cropping pattern of Uttar Pradesh using IRS-P6 (AWiFS) dataN. J. Singh, M. Kudrat, K. Jain and K. Pandey ................................................................................................ 4511

Underwater bottom topography in coastal areas from TerraSAR-X dataS. Brusch, P. Held, S. Lehner, W. Rosenthal and A. Pleskachevsky .............................................................. 4527

Landsat mapping of annual inundation (1979–2006) of the Macquarie Marshes in semiarid AustraliaR. F. Thomas, R. T. Kingsford, Y. Lu and S. J. Hunter .................................................................................. 4545

Reliable estimation of evapotranspiration on agricultural fields predicted by the Priestley–Taylor model using soil moisture data from ground and remote sensing observations compared with the Common Land ModelM. Choi, T. W. Kim and W. P. Kustas ............................................................................................................ 4571

A framework for the segmentation of high-resolution satellite imagery using modified seeded-region growing and region mergingY. Byun, D. Kim, J. Lee and Y. Kim.................................................................................................................. 4589

Using object-based analysis of image data to count birds: mapping of Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam, Northern Cape, South AfricaG. Groom, I. K. Petersen, M. D. Anderson and A. D. Fox ............................................................................ 4611

Lithological mapping of Bela ophiolite with remote-sensing dataY. Xiong, S. D. Khan, K. Mahmood and V. B. Sisson .................................................................................... 4641

A multi-sensor approach for assessing the impacts of ultraviolet-absorbing aerosols on top of atmosphere radiative fluxesT. A. Jones and S. A. Christopher .................................................................................................................... 4659

DTM generation from a stereo pair acquired by the China–Brazilian Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS-2) and quality control of the altimetric informationR. P. Zanardi, S. B. A. Rolim, S. F. De Souza, M. R. A. Maranhão and C. R. De Souza Filho .................. 4683

Stream detection for LiDAR digital elevation models from a forested areaH.-C. Cho, K. C. Slatton, S. Cheung and S. Hwang ...................................................................................... 4695

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