Land cover classification using moderate resolution satellite imagery and random forests with post-hoc smoothing

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-337

  Zhu, Xuan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification trees; land cover classification; maximum probability rule; post hoc smoothing; random forests

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST COVER; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOOTHING;

CHINA; JIUZHAIGOU NATIONAL PARK; SICHUAN;

EID: 84884499516     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2013.819600     Document Type: Article

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