Single and Multi-Date Landsat Classifications of Basalt to Support Soil Survey Efforts

Single and Multi-Date Landsat Classifications of Basalt to Support Soil Survey Efforts

Basalt outcrops are significant features in the Western United States and consistently present challenges to Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) soil mapping efforts. Current soil survey methods to estimate basalt outcrops involve field transects and are impractical for mapping regionally...

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Main Authors: Jessica J. Mitchell, Rupesh Shrestha, Carol A. Moore-Ellison, Nancy F. Glenn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
Landsat
multispectral
multitemporal
basalt
geology
lichen
Robust Classification Method
Random Forests
soil survey
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/5/10/4857

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