Tree species classification in boreal forests with hyperspectral data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2632-2645

  Dalponte, Michele ^a   Ørka, Hans Ole ^b   Gobakken, Terje ^b   Gianelle, Damiano ^a   Næsset, Erik ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral data; HySpex; Spatial resolution; SWIR; Tree species classification; Visible and near infrared (VNIR)

Indexed keywords

HYPERSPECTRAL DATA; HYSPEX; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SWIR; TREE SPECIES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

DECISION TREES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PIXELS; SENSORS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOREAL FOREST; DATA ACQUISITION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SENSOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84879939494     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2216272     Document Type: Article

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