Mapping vegetated wetlands of alaska using l-band radar satellite imagery

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-72

  Whitcomb, Jane ^a   Moghaddam, Mahta ^a   McDonald, Kyle ^b   Kellndorfer, Josef ^c   Podest, Erika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; GREENHOUSE GASES; MAPS; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SURVEYING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DECISION-TREE ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRYING OF WETLANDS; JAPANESE EARTH RESOURCES SATELLITES; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; TRAINING AND TESTING;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 77950660174     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-080     Document Type: Article

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