Eco-Hydrological Characterization of Inland Wetlands in Africa Using L-Band SAR

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 554-559

  Rebelo, Lisa Maria ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

ALOS PALSAR; ecology; hydrology; Kyoto and carbon initiative; Malawi; Mozambique; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALOS PALSAR; ASTER IMAGE; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; DATA SETS; DECISION TREE CLASSIFIERS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECO-HYDROLOGY; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; INFORMATION SOURCES; INLAND WETLANDS; KYOTO AND CARBON INITIATIVE; L-BAND SAR; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTI-TEMPORAL; OPTICAL DATA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL COVERAGE; VEGETATION SPECIES; WETLAND ECOLOGY;

DECISION TREES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION; WATER;

WETLANDS;

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOHYDROLOGY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; GUIBOURTIA; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALAWI; MAPPING; PLANTS; RADAR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WETLANDS;

MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 78650458629     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2070060     Document Type: Article

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