Multi-resolution segmentation of soil moisture imagery by watershed pyramids with region merging

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 741-760

  Bosworth, J ^a   Koshimizu, T ^a   Acton, S T ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGE SENSORS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

MULTI-RESOLUTION SEGMENTATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEGMENTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATERSHED;

EID: 0037455706     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160110114989     Document Type: Article

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