A semi-ellipsoid-model based fuzzy classifier to map grassland in Inner Mongolia, China

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-31

  Lan, Hai ^a   Xie, Yichun ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy classifier; Grassland classification; Image fusion; Landsat; Semi ellipsoid model; Tetragonal pyramid model

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; IMAGE FUSION; REMOTE SENSING;

FUZZY CLASSIFIERS; GRASSLAND CLASSIFICATIONS; LANDSAT; SEMI-ELLIPSOID-MODEL; TETRAGONAL PYRAMIDS;

VEGETATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GRASSLAND; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XILIN BASIN;

EID: 84883638458     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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