Detection of gully-affected areas by applying object-based image analysis (OBIA) in the region of Taroudannt, Morocco

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 8287-8309

  d'Oleire Oltmanns, Sebastian ^a   Marzolff, Irene ^b   Tiede, Dirk ^a   Blaschke, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Gully; Gully affected areas; Landform mapping; Manual assessment; Object based image analysis; Optical satellite data

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; GULLY; GULLY-AFFECTED AREAS; LANDFORM MAPPING; MANUAL ASSESSMENT; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 84907462234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6098287     Document Type: Article

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