Classification of ultra-high resolution orthophotos combined with DSM using a dual morphological top hat profile

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 16422-16440

  Zhang, Qian ^a   Qin, Rongjun ^b   Huang, Xin ^c   Fang, Yong ^a   Liu, Liang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital surface models; Land cover classification; Morphology top hat; Ultra high resolution

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; MORPHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DIFFERENTIAL MORPHOLOGICAL PROFILE; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; GROUND SAMPLING DISTANCES; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL FEATURE SPACE; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY RECONSTRUCTION; TOP HAT; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 85011322682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71215840     Document Type: Article

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