A new method for modifying thresholds in the classification of tree models for mapping aquatic vegetation in taihu lake with satellite images

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 7442-7462

  Luo, Juhua ^a   Ma, Ronghua ^a   Duan, Hongtao ^a   Hu, Weiping ^a   Zhu, Jinge ^a   Huang, Wenjiang ^b   Lin, Chen ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Classification tree; Remote sensing; Spectral feature; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC VEGETATION; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION TREES; DISASTER REDUCTION; GROUND-BASED DATA; OVERALL ACCURACIES; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; SPECTRAL FEATURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84997531380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6087442     Document Type: Article

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