Forest Condition Monitoring Using Very-High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in a Remote Mountain Watershed in Nepal

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 264-277

  Uddin, Kabir ^a   Gilani, Hammad ^a   Murthy, M S R ^a   Kotru, Rajan ^a   Qamer, Faisal Mueen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

geographic object based image analysis (GEOBIA); GIS; land cover mapping; Nepal; Satellite imagery; tree crown detection

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; IKONOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LOCAL PLANNING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRANSECT; WATERSHED;

NEPAL;

EID: 84941626842     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00074.1     Document Type: Article

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