Tree crown detection and delineation in high resolution RS image - A texture approach discussion

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3841-3844

  Wu, Lun ^a   Zhang, Yunhai ^a   Gao, Yong ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High resolution RS image; Normalized difference; Texture analysis; Tree crown delineation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURES; VEGETATION;

HIGH-RESOLUTION RS IMAGES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TREE CROWN DELINEATION;

EDGE DETECTION;

CROWNS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURE;

EID: 15944406416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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