Species-level differences in hyperspectral metrics among tropical rainforest trees as determined by a tree-based classifier

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1820-1855

  Clark, Matthew L ^a   Roberts, Dar A ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High spatial resolution; Hyperspectral sensors; Imaging spectroscopy; Individual tree species classification; Leaf and bark spectral properties; Random forests; Tropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; INDIVIDUAL TREE; RANDOM FORESTS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

DECISION TREES; PHENOLS; PIXELS; SENSORS; TISSUE; TREES (MATHEMATICS); TROPICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFIERS; DECISION THEORY; FORESTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSORS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84864969220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4061820     Document Type: Article

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