Tree species classification in temperate forests using Formosat-2 satellite image time series

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Sheeren, David ^a   Fauvel, Mathieu ^a   Josipovíc, Veliborka ^a   Lopes, Maïlys ^a   Planque, Carole ^a   Willm, Jérôme ^a   Dejoux, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES;

CLASS HIERARCHIES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL DATA; IMAGE TIME-SERIES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 85016832978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8090734     Document Type: Article

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