Using multiple Landsat scenes in an ensemble classifier reduces classification error in a stable nearshore environment

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-101

  Knudby, Anders ^a   Nordlund, Lina Mtwana ^b   Palmqvist, Gustav ^c   Wikström, Karolina ^c   Koliji, Alan ^c   Lindborg, Regina ^c   Gullström, Martin ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Research and Environment   (Tanzania)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Classification; Ensemble classifier; Landsat; Nearshore; Random forest; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

EID: 84897400486     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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