Radar detection of wetland ecosystems: A review

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5809-5835

  Henderson, Floyd M ^a   Lewis, Anthony J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRACKING RADAR; WETLANDS;

MULTI-TEMPORAL IMAGERIES; RADAR DATA; RADAR DETECTION; SHORT HISTORY; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DETECTION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVELENGTH; WETLAND;

EID: 52649127929     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160801958405     Document Type: Review

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