Remote Sensing Analysis of Riparian Vegetation Habitats.

Abstract

The high resolution remote sensing data is becoming available increasingly and facilitating the applications of automated image analysis methods and techniques. These methods are advantageous in the evaluation of natural and semi-natural riparian ecosystems where traditional in situ field surveys are very time consuming and often problematic because of inundation. This study analysed the Szigetköz riparian wetland (Hungary) based on high resolution aerial imagery. The analysis proved that the detection of hybrid poplar stands is feasible through the application of decision tree image classification method. It is also concluded that a site-specific algorithm is transferable to the datasets with the same spectral and geometric resolutions of distant sites in the same wetland region applying the same spectral and textural parameters..