Analysis of JERS-1 (fuyo-1) SAR data for vegetation discrimination in northwestern Brazil using the semivariogram textural classifier (STC)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3523-3529

  Miranda, F P ^a   Fonseca, L E N ^a   Carr, J R ^b   Taranik, J V ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; MICROWAVES; MONITORING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SEMIVARIOGRAM TEXTURAL CLASSIFIER; VEGETATION DISCRIMINATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUYO-1; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; JERS-1; RAINFOREST; SAR; SEMIVARIOGRAM; SEMIVARIOGRAM TEXTURAL CLASSIFIER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEXTURE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0030292134     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949167     Document Type: Article

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