Classification mapping of salt marsh vegetation by flexible monthly NDVI time-series using Landsat imagery

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 213, Issue , 2018, Pages 61-80

  Sun, Chao ^a,b   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^b   Liu, Yongxue ^c  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C5.0 decision tree; Classification mapping; Landsat imagery; Long term monitoring; Remote sensing time series; Salt marsh vegetation community

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSAT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NDVI; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 85051825961     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.08.007     Document Type: Article

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