Mapping the distributions of C3 and C4 grasses in the mixed-grass prairies of southwest Oklahoma using the Random Forest classification algorithm

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-138

  Yan, Dong ^a   de Beurs, Kirsten M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical land cover mapping; Mixed grass prairies; Random Forest classifier; Spatial pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; PIXEL; PRAIRIE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84988697081     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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