Texture analysis for mapping Tamarix parviflora using aerial photographs along the Cache Creek, California

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 65-83

  Ge, Shaokui ^a,b   Carruthers, Raymond ^b   Gong, Peng ^a   Herrera, Angelica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photograph; California; Detection; Invasive species; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Saltcedar; Tamarix parviflora; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE SPECIES; SALTCEDAR; TAMARIX PARVIFLORA; TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURES;

HARDWOODS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GROUND COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; TEXTURE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REMOTE SENSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCRUB; SPECIES INVASION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ALGORITHMS; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOTOGRAPHY; TAMARICACEAE;

AIR CRAFT; CALIFORNIA; CEDAR; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; MAPPING; TAMARIX; TEXTURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TAMARIX; TAMARIX PARVIFLORA;

EID: 33645806999     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-1071-z     Document Type: Article

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