Comparison of automatic thresholding methods for snow-cover mapping using Landsat TM imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 6529-6538

  Yin, Dameng ^a   Cao, Xin ^a   Chen, Xuehong ^a   Shao, Yijie ^a   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

AUTOMATIC THRESHOLDING; DIGITAL NUMBERS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE SNOW INDICES; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SNOW COVER MAPPING; THRESHOLDING; WATER AND ENERGIES;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER;

EID: 84880174371     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.803631     Document Type: Article

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