Detection of two intermixed invasive woody species using color infrared aerial imagery and the support vector machine classifier

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mirik, Mustafa ^a   Chaudhuri, Sriroop ^a   Surber, Brady ^a   Ale, Srinivasulu ^a   James Ansley, R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

imagery; invasive plant; Juniperus pinchotii; noxious weed; Prosopis glandulosa; range management; remote sensing; weed management

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; FOOD PRODUCTS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

IMAGERY; INVASIVE PLANTS; JUNIPERUS PINCHOTII; NOXIOUS WEEDS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; RANGE MANAGEMENTS; WEED MANAGEMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84905459982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073588     Document Type: Article

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