Continuous field mapping of Mediterranean wetlands using sub-pixel spectral signatures and multi-temporal Landsat data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 220-229

  Reschke, Julia ^a   Hüttich, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land use land cover (LULC); Multivariate reflectance analysis; Random forest; Wetland mapping; Wetland dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; WETLAND;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 84897451869     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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