Mangrove mapping in North-Western Madagascar using SPOT-XS and SIR-C radar data

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 413, Issue , 1999, Pages 127-133

  Pasqualini, Vanina ^a,b   Iltis, Jacques ^a   Dessay, Nadine ^a   Lointier, Marc ^a   Guelorget, Olivier ^c   Polidori, Laurent ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Mangrove; Mapping; Remote sensing; SIR C radar; SPOT XS

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MANGROVE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0033570308     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003807330375     Document Type: Article

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