UAV-based classification of maritime Antarctic vegetation types using GEOBIA and random forest

• Published in: Ecological Informatics
• Main Authors: Sotille, Maria E., Bremer, Ulisses F., Vieira, Gonçalo, Velho, Luiz F., Petsch, Carina, Auger, Jeffrey D., Simões, Jefferson C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Vegetation mapping; Antarctica; UAV; GEOBIA; Image classification; Remote sensing; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Hope Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54694; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101768

Development of vegetation communities in areas of Antarctica without permanent ice cover emphasizes the need for effective remote sensing techniques for proper monitoring of local environmental changes. Detection and mapping of vegetation by image classification remains limited in the Antarctic envi...