Multi-scale modeling of soil series using remote sensing in a wetland ecosystem

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2327-2341

  Kim, Jongsung ^a   Grunwald, Sabine ^a   Rivero, Rosanna G ^b   Robbins, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY MEASURES; BEDROCK DEPTH; CLASSIFICATION TREES; CONTROL MODEL; DATA SETS; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; GEO-SPATIAL; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; LANDSAT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTIVE POWER; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE POUR L'OBSERVATION DE LA TERRE; SOIL CLASS; SOIL MODEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL DATA; VEGETATION PROPERTIES; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOILS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER CONSERVATION; WETLANDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEDROCK; DATA SET; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPOT; TAXONOMY; THEMATIC MAPPING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870177731     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0043     Document Type: Article

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