Spatial dependence of predictions from image segmentation: A variogram-based method to determine appropriate scales for producing land-management information

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-202

  Karl, Jason W ^a,b   Maurer, Brian A ^b  

^a Jornada Experimental Range   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Kriging; Object based image analysis; Scale; Variogram

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; KRIGING; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEPPE; VARIOGRAM;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950595123     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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