Title :
Landscape metrics as a tool for the analysis of spatial structures in classified satellite images
Author :
Gasper, Peter ; Menz, Gunter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geogr., Bonn Univ., Germany
Abstract :
In quantitative landscape ecology landscape metrics were developed to describe spatial patterns in classified images. These indices allow the realization and representation of environmental changes especially of landscapes. The coherence between these indices to ecological processes, which generally have a spatial component, can be determined. This contribution presents important landscape metrics like dominance, contagion- and shape complexity-index and results from the analysis of CORINE-landscape data
Keywords :
ecology; image classification; image representation; remote sensing; CORINE-landscape data; classified image; classified satellite images; contagion-index; dominance; ecological processes; environmental changes; landscape ecology; landscape metrics; representation; shape complexity-index; spatial patterns; spatial structures; Construction industry; Data analysis; Environmental factors; Image analysis; Information theory; Pattern analysis; Remote sensing; Satellites; Shape; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773426
