Hierarchical image classification and extraction of forest species composition and crown closure from airborne multispectral images

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-232

  Geryln, G ^a   Hall, R J ^b   Franklin, S E ^a   Roberts, A ^c   Milton, E J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; CROWN CLOSURE; FOREST SPECIES COMPOSITION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS;

EID: 0032153899     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1998.10855243     Document Type: Article

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