Influence of different topographic correction strategies on mountain vegetation classification accuracy in the Lancang Watershed, China

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Zhiming ^a,b   De Wulf, Robert R ^b   Van Coillie, Frieke M B ^b   Verbeke, Lieven P C ^c   De Clercq, Eva M ^d   Ou, Xiaokun ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Geo Solutions   (Belgium)

^d AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

classification accuracy assessment; mapping vegetation; mountainous terrain; topographic effects; topographic normalization techniques

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY ASSESSMENTS; MAPPING VEGETATIONS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; TOPOGRAPHIC NORMALIZATION TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; MAPPING; MOUNTAINS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLANTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 84855229365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3569124     Document Type: Article

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