Discrimination of coastal wetland environments in the Amazon region based on multi-polarized L-band airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-98

  Souza Filho, Pedro Walfir M ^a   Paradella, Waldir R ^b   Rodrigues, Suzan W P ^a   Costa, Francisco R ^a   Mura, José C ^b   Gonçalves, Fabrício D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Mangrove; Multi polarization; Remote sensing; Synthetic Aperture Radar; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; MANGROVE; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SCRUB; SHALLOW WATER; SIGNAL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 82855175177     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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