Forest tree species discrimination in western Himalaya using EO-1 Hyperion

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-149

  George, Rajee ^a   Padalia, Hitendra ^b   Kushwaha, S P S ^b  

^a Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Hyperion; Hyperspectral; SAM; Species discrimination; SVM

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; HYPERION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84897452056     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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