How wetland type and area differ through scale: A GEOBIA case study in Alberta's Boreal Plains

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-145

  Powers, Ryan P ^a   Hay, Geoffrey J ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic object based image analysis (GEOBIA); Geographic object based texture (GEOTEX); Multiscale; SPOT 5; Wetland classification

Indexed keywords

MULTISCALES; OBJECT BASED; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; SPOT 5; WETLAND CLASSIFICATION;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TEXTURES; WATER SUPPLY;

WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PIXEL; SHORELINE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPOT; TEXTURE; THEMATIC MAPPING; WETLAND;

ALBERTA; ECOLOGY; FLOODING; GROUND WATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; WETLANDS;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ANAS;

EID: 84855442605     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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