Enhanced classification of prairie landscapes using simulated RADARSAT-2 imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 510-516

  Buckley, Joseph R ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

CLASS SEPARATION; IMAGE SYNTHESIS; PRAIRIE LANDSCAPES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 4944234636     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m03-074     Document Type: Article

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