Analysis of seasonal land use in Usangu wetlands, Tanzania: An objectoriented technique for multi-temporal analysis with high-resolution data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1885-1900

  Canisius, F ^a   Turral, H ^b   Mbilinyi, B P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL WATER USE; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); HIGH-RESOLUTION DATUM; MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; OBJECT ORIENTED TECHNIQUE; OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

LAND USE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PANCHROMATIC IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

MBEYA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USANGU WETLAND;

EID: 79953856989     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003639645     Document Type: Article

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