The use of multipolarized spaceborne SAR backscatter for monitoring the health of a degraded mangrove forest

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 248-254

  Kovacs, John M ^a   Vandenberg, Casey V ^b   Wang, Jinfei ^c   Flores Verdugo, Francisco ^d  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ENVISAT; Forested wetland; Leaf area index (LAI); Mexico; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BIOPHYSICS; ENVISAT-1; FOREST HEALTH; HEALTH MONITORING; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANGROVE; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLAND;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 39149134315     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0660.1     Document Type: Article

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