Object-based classification of SAR data for the delineation of forest cover maps and the detection of deforestation – a viable procedure and its application in GSE forest monitoring

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn 0, Issue 9783540770572, 2008, Pages 327-343

  Thiel, Ch ^a   Thiel, Ca ^a   Riedel, T ^a   Schmullius, C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALOS; ASAR; Deforestation Kyoto; Forest Cover Change; GSE FM; JERS; L band; Object Based Classification

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DEFORESTATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OBJECT DETECTION; RADAR IMAGING; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ALOS; ASAR; FOREST COVER CHANGE; JERS; L-BAND; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS;

MAPPING;

EID: 84866467906     PISSN: 18632246     EISSN: 18632351     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77058-9_18     Document Type: Article

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