Evaluation of object-based image analysis techniques on very high-resolution satellite image for biomass estimation in a watershed of hilly forest of Nepal

Applied Geomatics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-68

  Hussin, Yousif Ali ^a   Gilani, Hammad ^b,c   Van Leeuwen, Louise ^a   Murthy, M S R ^b   Shah, Rachna ^d   Baral, Srijana ^e   Tsendbazar, Nandin Erdene ^f   Shrestha, Saurav ^g   Shah, Shyam Kumar ^h   Qamer, Faisal Mueen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^c LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC)   (Nepal)

^e Rupantaran Nepal   (Nepal)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g GoN/UNDP ^*  (Nepal)

^h Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Crow projection area; Object based image analysis; Segmentation; Tree crown delineation and linear regression model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATERSHED;

NEPAL;

EID: 84898030216     PISSN: 18669298     EISSN: 1866928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-014-0126-z     Document Type: Article

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