Species classification of individually segmented tree crowns in high-resolution aerial images using radiometric and morphologic image measures

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 469-477

  Erikson, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial image; Image analysis; Image measure; Individual tree crown; Species classification

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOMETRY;

INFRARED AERIAL IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION; FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 2942719059     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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