Post-classification corrections in improving the classification of Land Use/Land Cover of arid region using RS and GIS: The case of Arjuni watershed, Gujarat, India

Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 79-89

  Thakkar, Amee K ^a   Desai, Venkappayya R ^a   Patel, Ajay ^b   Potdar, Madhukar B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo informatics   (India)

Author keywords

Ancillary data; GIS; Land Use Land Cover; Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI); Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FORESTRY; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATERS; TEXTURES; WATERSHEDS;

ANCILLARY DATA; CHANGE DETECTION STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; LAND USE/LAND COVER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; POST CLASSIFICATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ARID REGION; CORRECTION; GIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 85007300499     PISSN: 11109823     EISSN: 20902476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2016.11.006     Document Type: Article

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