Mapping riparian condition indicators in a sub-tropical savanna environment from discrete return LiDAR data using object-based image analysis

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 796-807

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

^a Joint Remote Sensing Research Program   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne LiDAR; Environmental indicators; Object based image analysis; Remote sensing; Riparian zone

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR; AUSTRALIA; BANK STABILITY; CENTRAL QUEENSLAND , AUSTRALIA; CONDITION INDICATORS; DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; EMPIRICAL MODELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LIDAR DATA; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MAPPING ACCURACY; MAPPING PROJECTS; OBJECT BASED; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONES; SPATIAL COVERAGE; SPATIAL EXTENT; STATE GOVERNMENTS; STREAM BANKS; STREAMBEDS; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIDAR; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SAVANNA;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITHOGRAPHY; MAPPING; PLANTS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS;

AUSTRALIA; MIMOSA CREEK; QUEENSLAND;

MIMOSA;

EID: 77649342660     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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