Digital classification of hillslope position

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-145

  Miller, Bradley A ^a   Schaetzl, Randall J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DECISION TREES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BETTER PLACES; DECISION TREE MODELING; DIGITAL CLASSIFICATION; DISAGGREGATION; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP; SOIL MAP UNITS; TOPOSEQUENCES; TREE STRUCTURES;

SOILS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DECISION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HILLSLOPE; MAPPING; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; TOPOSEQUENCE;

EID: 84920971217     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.07.0287     Document Type: Article

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