Response of the regression tree model to high resolution remote sensing data for predicting percent tree cover in a Mediterranean ecosystem

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Donmez, Cenk ^a   Berberoglu, Suha ^a   Erdogan, Mehmet Akif ^a   Tanriover, Anil Akin ^b   Cilek, Ahmet ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BURSA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Goksu watershed; Landsat; Percent tree cover; Regression tree model; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; LANDSAT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REGRESSION TREE ALGORITHMS; REGRESSION TREE MODELS; STEPWISE LINEAR REGRESSION; TREE COVER;

FORESTRY;

FOREST COVER; GEOEYE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CEDRUS; CEDRUS LIBANI; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OAK; PERCENT TREE COVER; PINE; PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS NIGRA; PREDICTION; QUERCUS CERRIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGRESSION TREE; REMOTE SENSING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATERSHED; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; PROCEDURES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; TURKEY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; IMAGES; MEDITERRANEAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WATER SHEDS;

GOKSU RIVER; TURKEY;

CEDRUS LIBANI; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS NIGRA; QUERCUS CERRIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREES; TURKEY;

EID: 84921776612     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4151-5     Document Type: Article

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