Bush encroachment monitoring using multi-temporal Landsat data and random forests

It is widely accepted that land degradation and desertification (LDD) are serious global threats to humans and the environment. Around a third of savannahs in Africa are affected by LDD processes that may lead to substantial declines in ecosystem functioning and services. Indirectly, LDD can be moni...

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Main Authors: E. Symeonakis, T. Higginbottom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-11-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-2/29/2014/isprsarchives-XL-2-29-2014.pdf