Landcover classification of the Lower Nhecolândia subregion of the Brazilian Pantanal Wetlands using ALOS/PALSAR, RADARSAT-2 and ENVISAT/ASAR imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 118-137

  Evans, Teresa L ^a   Costa, Maycira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALOS PALSAR; Habitat mapping; K C initiative; Pantanal; RADARSAT 2; SAR remote sensing; Wetlands classification

Indexed keywords

ALOS/PALSAR; HABITAT MAPPING; PANTANAL; RADARSAT-2; SAR REMOTE SENSING;

ANIMALS; BACKSCATTERING; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALOS; BACKSCATTER; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVISAT-1; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; RADARSAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLAND;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO DO SUL; NHECOLANDIA; PANTANAL;

ANIMALIA; TYPHA;

EID: 84868455727     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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