Initial observations of radarsat imagery at fire-disturbed sites in interior Alaska

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-94

  French, Nancy H F ^a   Bourgeau Chavez, Laura L ^a   Wang, Yong ^b   Kasischke, Eric S ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FIRES; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

RADARSAT IMAGERY;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ERS-2; MODEL; RADAR IMAGERY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033117599     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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