Automated forest area estimation using iterative guided spectral class rejection

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 949-960

  Musy, Rebecca F ^a   Wynne, Randolph H ^a   Binn, Christine E ^a   Scrivani, John A ^b   McRoberts, Ronald E ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Forestry   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

FRAGMENTED IMAGE; HYBRID CLASSIFIER; ITERATIVE GUIDED SPECTRAL CLASS REJECTION (IGSCR);

FORESTRY;

FRAGMENTATION; HOMOGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LANDSAT;

FORESTRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33746603042     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.72.8.949     Document Type: Review

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