Vegetation structure mapping with remote sensing time series: Capabilities and improvements

Proceedings, 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment: Sustainable Development Through Global Earth Observations

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Colditz, R ^a,b   Keil, M ^a   Strohbach, B ^c   Gessner, U ^a   Schmidt, M ^a,b   Dech, S ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c National Botanical Research Institute   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Image classification; Southern Africa; Time series; Vegetation maps; Vegetation structure mapping

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY INVENTORIES; CLASSIFICATION TREES; FUZZY CLASSIFICATION; LAND SURFACE CHANGE; MAPPING VEGETATIONS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; VEGETATION MAPS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; OBSERVATORIES; PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84880016631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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