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

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

137

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773426

Filename

773426