Use of SAR satellites for mapping zonation of vegetation communities in the Amazon floodplain

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1817-1835

  Costa, M P F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

IMAGERY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

SATELLITES;

FLOODPLAIN; JERS-1; RADARSAT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION COVER; ZONATION;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1942499424     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000116985     Document Type: Article

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