Land cover classification using high‐resolution aerial photography in Adventdalen, Svalbard

• Published in: Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography
• Main Authors: Mora, Carla, Vieira, Goncalo, Pina, Pedro, Lousada, Maura, Christiansen, Hanne H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: high‐resolution remote sensing; near infrared; UAV; vegetation; Svalbard; Adventdalen; Arctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/35937; https://doi.org/10.1111/geoa.12088

A methodology was tested for high‐resolution mapping of vegetation and detailed geoecological patterns in the Arctic Tundra, based on aerial imagery from an unmanned aerial vehicle (visible wavelength – RGB, 6 cm pixel resolution) and from an aircraft (visible and near infrared, 20 cm pixel resoluti...