Seagrass mapping in the northern Gulf of Mexico using airborne hyperspectral imagery: A comparison of classification methods

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 850-856

  Peneva, Elitsa ^a,c   Griffith, Jerry A ^b   Carter, Gregory A ^b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier Island; Horn Island; HyMap; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Seagrass mapping

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

CHILE; HORN ISLAND; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA; WOLLASTON ISLANDS;

EID: 51549104059     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0764.1     Document Type: Article

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