Random forest wetland classification using ALOS-2 L-band, RADARSAT-2 C-band, and TerraSAR-X imagery

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 130, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-31

  Mahdianpari, Masoud ^a   Salehi, Bahram ^a   Mohammadimanesh, Fariba ^a   Motagh, Mahdi ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kennaugh matrix; Object Based Image Analysis; Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar; Random Forest; Wetland classification

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDFORMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLARIMETERS; RADAR IMAGING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLANDS;

CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLARIMETRIC DECOMPOSITION; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; RANDOM FORESTS; WETLAND CLASSIFICATION; YAMAGUCHI DECOMPOSITIONS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ALGORITHM; ALOS; HERB; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; POLARIZATION; RADARSAT; TERRASAR-X; WETLAND;

CANADA; CHUGOKU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; YAMAGUCHI [CHUGOKU];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85019627032     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.05.010     Document Type: Article

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