Mapping hydrologically sensitive areas on the Boreal Plain: A multitemporal analysis of ERS synthetic aperture radar data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2619-2635

  Clark, R B ^a   Creed, I F ^a   Sass, G Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LANDFORMS; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING;

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY MAPS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL INFORMATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BOREAL FOREST; ERS-1; ERS-2; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAPPING METHOD; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

SALIX;

EID: 70449564665     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802552819     Document Type: Article

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