Automated discrimination of upland and wetland using terrain derivatives

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue , 2007, Pages S68-S83

  Hogg, A R ^a   Todd, K W ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE (CART); DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM);

WETLANDS;

EID: 38849200564     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-049     Document Type: Article

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