Testing the discrimination and detection limits of WorldView-2 imagery on a challenging invasive plant target

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-30

  Robinson, T P ^a   Wardell Johnson, G W ^a   Pracilio, G ^b   Brown, C ^b   Corner, R ^a   van Klinken, R D ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITIC Pacific Mining   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Invasive plants; Mesquite; Prosopis; Remote sensing; Woody weeds; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; IMAGERY; INVASIVE SPECIES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; TESTING METHOD; VEGETATION MAPPING; WEED; WORLDVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GELECHIIDAE; PROSOPIS;

EID: 85012977493     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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