Seasonal effect on tree species classification in an urban environment using hyperspectral data, LiDAR, and an object-oriented approach

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3020-3036

  Voss, Matthew ^a   Sugumaran, Ramanathan ^a  

^a GeoTREE Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; LiDAR; Object oriented; Remote sensing; Tree species; Urban

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; HYPERSPECTRAL; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; OBJECT ORIENTED; OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH; OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; TREE SPECIES; URBAN;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; URBAN PLANNING;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 44649176419     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8053020     Document Type: Article

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