Surficial materials mapping in Nunavut, Canada with multibeam RADARSAT-2 dual-polarization C-HH and C-HV, LANDSAT-7 ETM+, and DEM data

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-305

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DEM DATUM; DENSE VEGETATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; LANDSAT-7 ETM+; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATIONS; MULTIBEAMS; ORGANIC DEPOSITS; RADARSAT-2; RADARSAT-2 IMAGES; REMOTE AREAS; SURFACE MATERIALS;

DEPOSITS; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84865770329     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m12-020     Document Type: Article

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