Classification of annual non-stand replacing boreal forest change in Canada using Landsat time series: a case study in northern Ontario

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-37

  Ahmed, Oumer S ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   White, Joanne C ^b   Hermosilla, Txomin ^c   Coops, Nicholas C ^c   Franklin, Steven E ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DECISION TREES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME SERIES;

AUTOMATED PROCESS; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; CHANGE DETECTION; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST REGIONS; LANDSAT TIME SERIES; RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFICATION;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CATERPILLAR; CLASSIFICATION; DEFOLIATION; FLOODING; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSAT; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 84992092910     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2016.1233371     Document Type: Article

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