Mapping Prosopis spp. with Landsat 8 data in arid environments: Evaluating effectiveness of different methods and temporal imagery selection for Hargeisa, Somaliland

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-89

  Ng, Wai Tim ^a   Meroni, Michele ^b   Immitzer, Markus ^a   Böck, Sebastian ^a   Leonardi, Ugo ^c   Rembold, Felix ^b   Gadain, Hussein ^c   Atzberger, Clement ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Invasive species; OBIA; Prosopis spp.; Random forest classifier

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSAT; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ETHIOPIA; SOMALI;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 85004088925     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.07.019     Document Type: Article

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