Microwave and optical image fusion for surface and sub-surface feature mapping in eastern Sahara

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5465-5480

  Rahman, M Mahmudur ^a,b   Sumantyo, Josaphat Tetukosri Sri ^a   Sadek, M Fouad ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization SPARRSO   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MAPPING; MERGING; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

INTENSITY HUE SATURATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; QUALITY IMAGE; RECORD INFORMATION; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SUB-SURFACE IMAGING; VARIABLE RATIO; WAVELET-BASED METHODS;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 84866775632     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903302999     Document Type: Article

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