Classification of Tree Species in Overstorey Canopy of Subtropical Forest Using QuickBird Images.

This paper proposes a supervised classification scheme to identify 40 tree species (2 coniferous, 38 broadleaf) belonging to 22 families and 36 genera in high spatial resolution QuickBird multispectral images (HMS). Overall kappa coefficient (OKC) and species conditional kappa coefficients (SCKC) we...

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Main Authors: Chinsu Lin, Sorin C Popescu, Gavin Thomson, Khongor Tsogt, Chein-I Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125554