Study of ecosystem dynamics in sahelian floodplains using Envisat ASAR C-band data

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue SP-636, 2007, Pages

  Westra, Toon ^a   Crabbe, Sarah ^a   De Wulf, Robert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOODS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POLARIZATION; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

FLOOD PLAINS; GRASSLAND VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 36448967914     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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