A comparison of pixel- and object-based glacier classification with optical satellite images

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 853-862

  Rastner, Philipp ^a   Bolch, Tobias ^a,b   Notarnicola, Claudia ^c   Paul, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASTER; debris cover; digital elevation model; glacier; Landsat; object oriented mapping; pixel based mapping; sea ice

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; GLACIERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PIXELS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; WATER RESOURCES;

ASTER; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; DEBRIS COVERED GLACIERS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSAT; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); OBJECT ORIENTED; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES;

MAPPING;

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; MAPPING; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE;

EID: 84897108907     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2274668     Document Type: Article

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