Utility of classification and regression tree analyses and vegetation in mountain permafrost models, Yukon, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-178

  Kremer, Marian ^a   Lewkowicz, Antoni G ^a   Bonnaventure, Philip P ^a   Sawada, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification and regression trees; Mountain permafrost; Remote sensing; Spatial modelling; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUNTAIN REGION; NDVI; PERMAFROST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREE;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 79958841860     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.719     Document Type: Article

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