Object-based image analysis in wetland research: A review

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 6380-6413

  Dronova, Iryna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GEOBIA; Monitoring; Object based image analysis (OBIA); Review; Sensors; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEWS; SENSORS; WETLANDS;

COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; GEOBIA; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); PIXEL BASED APPROACH; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; WETLAND ENVIRONMENT;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930017658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70506380     Document Type: Review

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