Suitability of WorldView-2 data for tree species classification with special emphasis on the four new spectral bands;Eignung von WorldView-2 Satellitenbildern für die Baumartenklassifizierung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der vier neuen Spektralkanäle

Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 573-588

  Immitzer, Markus ^a   Atzberger, Clement ^a   Koukal, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Classification; Linear discriminant analysis; Temperate forest; Tree species; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868035349     PISSN: 14328364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1432-8364/2012/0140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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