Mediterranean forest mapping using hyper-spectral satellite imagery

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5017-5032

  Etteieb, Selma ^a   Louhaichi, Mounir ^b   Kalaitzidis, Chariton ^a   Gitas, Ioannis Z ^c  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hyperion data reduction; Hyperion satellite imagery; Mediterranean forests mapping; Object oriented classification; Pixel based Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

HYPERION;

EID: 84886793886     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0748-6     Document Type: Article

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