Testing the woodcock-harward image segmentation algorithm in an area of southern california chaparral and woodland vegetation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 983-1004

  Shandley, J ^a   Franklin, J ^a   White, T ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cleveland National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PER PIXEL CLASSIFICATION; WOODCOCK HARWARD IMAGE SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TM DATA; VEGETATION MAP; WOODCOCK-HARWARD ALGORITHM;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029667621     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949059     Document Type: Article

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