Assessment of C-band synthetic aperture radar data for mapping and monitoring Coastal Plain forested wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region, U.S.A.

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4120-4130

  Lang, Megan W ^a   Kasischke, Eric S ^b   Prince, Stephen D ^b   Pittman, Kyle W ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; ENVISAT ASAR; ERS; Forest; Hydrology; Hydroperiod; SAR; Wetlands, Swamp

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH SCIENCES; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TARGET DRONES; WATER; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVISAT ASAR; ERS; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; HYDROPERIOD; SAR; WETLANDS, SWAMP;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CORRELATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ERS-2; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLAND;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53149121630     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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