Sub-pixel classification of MODIS EVI for annual mappings of impervious surface areas

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Tsutsumida, Narumasa ^a,b   Comber, Alexis ^b,c   Barrett, Kirsten ^b   Saizen, Izuru ^a   Rustiadi, Ernan ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Impervious surface area; MODIS; Random forest; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; DECISION TREES; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; URBAN PLANNING;

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA; MODIS; PIXEL CLASSIFICATION; RANDOM FORESTS; SUB-PIXEL ANALYSIS; SUB-PIXEL CLASSIFICATION; URBAN EXPANSION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION (VHR) IMAGE;

PIXELS;

EID: 84962621189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8020143     Document Type: Article

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