Semi-automatic detection and counting of oil palm trees from high spatial resolution airborne imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2095-2115

  Shafri, Helmi Z M ^a   Hamdan, Nasrulhapiza ^a   Saripan, M Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; OIL PALM PLANTATIONS; PLANTATION MANAGEMENTS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SEGMENTATION PROCESS;

PALM OIL;

AIRBORNE SENSING; DETECTION METHOD; INVENTORY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TREE;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; PLANTATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION;

MALAYSIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 79957497503     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003662928     Document Type: Article

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