Automated segmentation of vegetation structure units in a mediterranean landscape

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 346-364

  Massada, Avi Bar ^a,d   Kent, Rafi ^a   Blank, Lior ^a   Perevolotsky, Avi ^b   Hadar, Liat ^c   Carmel, Yohay ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c Ramat Hanadiv Nature Park   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; OPTICAL RADAR; REFORESTATION;

AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES; MULTIRESOLUTION SEGMENTATION; PARAMETER COMBINATION; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; VEGETATION FORMATIONS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

VEGETATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIDAR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE RESERVE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AIR CRAFT; ALGORITHMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; RADAR; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ISRAEL;

EID: 82155192848     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.532173     Document Type: Article

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