Integration of LiDAR and QuickBird imagery for mapping riparian biophysical parameters and land cover types in Australian tropical savannas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 598-606

  Arroyo, Lara A ^a,b   Johansen, Kasper ^a,b   Armston, John ^a,c   Phinn, Stuart ^a,b  

^a Joint Remote Sensing Research Program   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; LiDAR; Object based image analysis; QuickBird; Riparian land cover; Riparian zone; Riparian zone and streambed widths; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; LAND COVER; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUICKBIRD; RIPARIAN ZONES; STREAMBEDS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TROPICS; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LAND COVER; LIDAR; OVERGRAZING; QUICKBIRD; RIPARIAN ZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PLANTS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; FITZROY BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 72649086945     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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