Mapping the Dabus Wetlands, Ethiopia, using random forest classification of Landsat, PALSAR and topographic data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Dubeau, Pierre ^a   King, Douglas J ^a   Unbushe, Dikaso Gojamme ^b   Rebelo, Lisa Maria ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Laos)

Author keywords

Classification; DEM; Ethiopia; L band; Landsat; PALSAR; Random Forest; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONSERVATION; DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MAPPING; PHOTOMAPPING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; VEGETATION;

ETHIOPIA; L-BAND; LANDSAT; PALSAR; RANDOM FORESTS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 85032871515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9101056     Document Type: Article

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