Classifying the baltic sea shallow water habitats using image-based and spectral library methods

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2451-2474

  Vahtmäe, Ele ^a   Kutser, Tiit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Benthic habitat mapping; CASI; HydroLight; Image processing; Spectral library; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BENTHIC HABITATS; CASI; HYDROLIGHT; SPECTRAL LIBRARIES; WORLDVIEW-2;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SENSORS;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 84880341758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5052451     Document Type: Article

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