Mapping land cover types in the amazon basin using 1 km JERS-1 mosaic

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 1201-1234

  Saatchi, S S ^a   Nelson, B ^b   Podest, E ^a   Holt, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; JERS-1; LAND COVER; MAPPING; REGENERATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 0034655886     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210146     Document Type: Article

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