Regional land cover mapping in the humid tropics using combined optical and SAR satellite data - A case study from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2465-2478

  Erasmi, S ^a   Twele, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; LAND USE; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

LAND COVER MAPPING; LAND USE MODELLING; OPTICAL SATELLITES; POLARIZATION MODES; RADAR SATELLITE DATA; SCENARIO MODELLING; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

MAPPING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CROPPING PRACTICE; DETECTION METHOD; ENVISAT-1; HUMID TROPICS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 70449382765     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802552728     Document Type: Article

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