Integration of optical and radar classifications for mapping pasture type in Western Australia

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1665-1680

  Hill, Michael J ^a   Ticehurst, Catherine J ^b   Lee, Jong Sen ^c   Grunes, Mitchell R ^c   Donald, Graham E ^b   Henry, David ^b  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botanical composition; Grazing lands; Herbage height; Land use classification; Radar polarimetry; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAND USE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIMETERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

BOTANICAL COMPOSITION; GRAZING LANDS; HERBAGE HEIGHT; LAND-USE CLASSIFICATION; RADAR POLARIMETRY;

MAPPING;

EID: 23844500689     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.846868     Document Type: Article

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