Benchmarking classifiers to optimally integrate terrain analysis and multispectral remote sensing in automatic rock glacier detection

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 239-247

  Brenning, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Cross validation; Debris covered glacier; Multispectral remote sensing; Rock glacier; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BENCHMARKING; CLASSIFIERS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DEBRIS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; LANDFORMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKS; SPACE OPTICS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TRACKING RADAR;

CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-VALIDATION; MULTISPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING; ROCK GLACIER; TERRAIN ANALYSIS;

GLACIERS;

BENCHMARKING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK GLACIER; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TERRAIN;

AGGLOMERATION; DETECTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; OPTICS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK; SPACE (COSMIC);

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049102289     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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