Assessment of SPOT 5 and QuickBird remotely sensed imagery for mapping tree cover in savannas

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-224

  Boggs, G S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; NDVI threshold; Object based image analysis; QuickBird; Savanna; Southern Africa; SPOT 5; Tree cluster

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NDVI; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SAVANNA; SPOT; THEMATIC MAPPING;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 79951958242     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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