Effects of incidence angles and image combinations on mapping accuracy of surficial materials in the Umiujalik Lake area, Nunavut, using RADARSAT-2 polarimetric and LANDSAT-7 images, and DEM data. Part 1. Nonpolarimetric analysis

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-403

  Shelat, Yask ^a   Lentz, David ^a   Leblon, Brigitte ^a   LaRocque, Armand ^a   Harris, Jeff ^b   Jefferson, Charlie ^b   Tschirhart, Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARCTIC CANADA; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DEM DATUM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOSCIENCES; IMAGE COMBINATION; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LAKE AREAS; LANDSAT 7; LANDSAT-7 ETM+; MAPPING ACCURACY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; MULTIBEAMS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; RADARSAT-2; RADARSAT-2 IMAGES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

MAPPING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; REMOTE SENSING;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84865717452     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m12-030     Document Type: Article

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