Spatial and thematic assessment of object-based forest stand delineation using an OFA-matrix

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 214-225

  Hernando, A ^a   Tiede, D ^b   Albrecht, F ^b   Lang, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Forest management; Object fate analysis; OFA matrix; Spatial accuracy; Stands delineation; Thematic accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING;

AVILA [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 84872814476     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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