Object-based benthic habitat mapping in the Florida Keys from hyperspectral imagery

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-97

  Zhang, Caiyun ^a   Selch, Donna ^a   Xie, Zhixiao ^a   Roberts, Charles ^a   Cooper, Hannah ^a   Chen, Ge ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Benthic habitat classification; Florida Keys; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Machine learning; OBIA

Indexed keywords

AVIRIS; BATHYMETRY; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887612444     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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