Operational parameters, data density and benthic ecology: Considerations for image-based classification of multibeam backscatter

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-38

  McGonigle, Chris ^a   Brown, Craig J ^a   Quinn, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Classification; Image based; Multibeam; Time series

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA QUALITY; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MULTIBEAM SONAR; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 77449133677     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410903530273     Document Type: Article

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