Mapping wetlands using multi-temporal radarsat-1 data and a decision-based classifier

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-186

  Gabriela Parmuchi, Maria ^a   Karszenbaum, Haydee ^a   Kandus, Patricia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLOODS; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

MAPPING WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

EID: 0242291034     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m02-014     Document Type: Article

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