Mapping and monitoring lakes in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland using synthetic aperture radar imagery

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-288

  Costa, Maycira P F ^a,b   Telmer, Kevin H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lake size; Pantanal; Radar; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT LOSS; JERS-1; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAPPING METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLAND;

PANTANAL; PARAGUAY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250766791     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.849     Document Type: Article

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