Forest change detection applying landsat thematic mapper difference features: A comparison of different classifiers in boreal forest conditions

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 579-588

  Heikkonen, Jukka ^a   Varjo, Jari ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparison of classifiers; Forest change detection; Landsat TM

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FOREST CHANGE DETECTION; HYBRID MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION TREE; THEMATIC MAPPER (TM);

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 9744230083     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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