Quantifying indicators of riparian condition in Australian tropical savannas: Integrating high spatial resolution imagery and field survey data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7003-7028

  Johansen, K ^a   Phinn, S ^a   Lowry, J ^b   Douglas, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Supervising Scientist Division   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DAMAGE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

CONDITION INDICATORS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGERY; MULTITEMPORAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; RIPARIAN ENVIRONMENTS; SUPERVISED IMAGE CLASSIFICATIONS; THEMATIC INFORMATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ALGORITHM; FIELD SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SAVANNA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DALY RIVER; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 56049115823     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802220201     Document Type: Article

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