Mapping tropical coastal vegetation using JERS-1 and ERS-1 radar data with a decision tree classifier

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1461-1474

  Simard, M ^a   De Grandi, G ^b   Saatchi, S ^a   Mayaux, P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VEGETATION;

DATASETS;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL ZONE; DECISION ANALYSIS; ERS-1; JERS-1; LAND COVER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION MAPPING;

GABON;

EID: 0037051907     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160110092984     Document Type: Article

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