Mapping macrophytic vegetation in shallow lakes using the Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 717-727

  Hunter, P D ^a   Gilvear, D J ^a   Tyler, A N ^a   Willby, N J ^a   Kelly, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b BROADS AUTHORITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Habitats Directive; Lakes; Remote sensing; Support vector machines; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPACT AIRBORNE SPECTROGRAPHIC IMAGER; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; REMOTE SENSING; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; NORFOLK BROADS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958601876     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1144     Document Type: Article

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