Remote sensing of aquatic vegetation distribution in Taihu Lake using an improved classification tree with modified thresholds

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-107

  Zhao, Dehua ^a   Jiang, Hao ^a   Yang, Tangwu ^a   Cai, Ying ^a   Xu, Delin ^a   An, Shuqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Classification accuracy; Classification tree; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; TIME; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 80855139468     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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