New perspectives on global ecosystems from wide-area radar mosaics: Flooded forest mapping in the tropics

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 1235-1249

  De Grandi, G F ^a   Mayaux, P ^a   Malingreau, J P ^a   Rosenqvist, A ^a   Saatchi, S ^b   Simard, M ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; MAPPING METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; CONGO RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0034655780     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210155     Document Type: Article

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