Segmentation and object-oriented classification of wetlands in a karst Florida landscape using multi-season Landsat-7 ETM+ imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1471-1489

  Frohn, R C ^a,b   Autrey, B C ^a   Lane, C R ^a   Reif, M ^a,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

HIGH ACCURACY METHODS; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; LANDSAT-7 (L7) ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ALGORITHM; OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; OBJECT-ORIENTED PROCESSING; OVERALL ACCURACIES; RIPARIAN WETLAND;

WETLANDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND;

EID: 79953224093     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903559762     Document Type: Article

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