Detection of Catchment-Scale Gully-Affected Areas Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Detection of Catchment-Scale Gully-Affected Areas Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on the Chinese Loess Plateau

The Chinese Loess Plateau suffers from serious gully erosion induced by natural and human causes. Gully-affected areas detection is the basic work in this region for gully erosion assessment and monitoring. For the first time, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was applied to extract gully features in...

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Main Authors: Kai Liu, Hu Ding, Guoan Tang, Jiaming Na, Xiaoli Huang, Zhengguang Xue, Xin Yang, Fayuan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-12-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Subjects:
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
gully erosion
gully-affected areas
object-based image analysis
random forest
Loess Plateau
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/5/12/238

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