Salt marsh elevation and habitat mapping using hyperspectral and LIDAR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 139, Issue , 2013, Pages 318-330

  Hladik, Christine ^a   Schalles, John ^b   Alber, Merryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model (DEM); Hyperspectral imagery; LIDAR; Multisensor data; Salt marshes

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGERIES; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; MULTI-SENSOR DATA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SALT MARSHES;

DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

SURVEYING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; IMAGERY; LIDAR; MACROPHYTE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NDVI; SALTMARSH; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883756068     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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