Mapping distinct forest types improves overall forest identification based on multi-spectral landsat imagery for Myanmar'S Tanintharyi Region

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Connette, Grant ^a   Oswald, Patrick ^b   Songer, Melissa ^a   Leimgruber, Peter ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest classification; Forest types; Landsat 8 OLI; Mangrove; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Tropical forest; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEMS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FOREST CLASSIFICATION; FOREST TYPE; LANDSAT; MANGROVE; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84995378101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8110882     Document Type: Article

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