Understanding the relationships between radar response patterns and the bio- and geophysical parameters of urban areas

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-101

  Xia, Zong Guo ^a   Henderson, Floyd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Radar remote sensing; Urban land use mapping

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; MAPPING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SURFACES; URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GROUND TARGETS; LAND USE MAPPING; RADAR RESPONSE PATTERNS; SURFACE FEATURES; URBAN AREAS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0030736592     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.551938     Document Type: Article

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