Crop classification in a heterogeneous arable landscape using uncalibrated UAV data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2018, Pages

  Böhler, Jonas E ^a   Schaepman, Michael E ^a   Kneubühler, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer grade camera; Land cover; Object based classification; Pixel based classification; Random forest (RF) classifier; Small scaled agricultural fields; Spatial feature; Texture; Very high resolution (VHR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CAMERAS; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; PIXELS; TEXTURES;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; LAND COVER; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; PIXEL BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; RANDOM FORESTS; SPATIAL FEATURES; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 85051641064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10081282     Document Type: Article

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