Independent two-step thresholding of binary images in inter-annual land cover change/no-change identification

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-43

  Sinha, Priyakant ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binary images; Change detection; Distribution normality; NDVI differencing; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

BINARY IMAGES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CHANGE DETECTION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DISTRIBUTION NORMALITY; NDVI DIFFERENCING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; THRESHOLDING; VALUE DETERMINATION;

LANDFORMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; LAND COVER; NDVI; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84877805828     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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