Land-cover classification using radar and optical images: A case study in Central Mexico

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3291-3305

  Soria Ruiz, J ^a   Fernandez Ordonez Y ^b   Woodhouse, I H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b Estadística E Informática   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CROPS; DATA FUSION; FORESTRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR; URBAN GROWTH;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER INFORMATIONS; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

RADAR IMAGING;

CLOUD COVER; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; OPTICAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; RADARSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBANIZATION;

FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77954748258     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903160777     Document Type: Article

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