Classification of forest composition using polarimetric decomposition in multiple landscapes

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 206-214

  Dickinson, Caitlin ^a   Siqueira, Paul ^a   Clewley, Daniel ^b   Lucas, Richard ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest structure; Polarimetric decomposition; Synthetic Aperture Radar

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; FOREST STRUCTURE; HARVARD; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; MASSACHUSETTS; MINIMAL BRANCHING; POLARIMETRIC DECOMPOSITION; POLARIMETRIC PARAMETERS; QUEENSLAND; RESEARCH FOREST; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL FORM; STUDY AREAS;

HARDWOODS; POLARIMETERS; RESEARCH; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOREAL FOREST; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PIXEL; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CLASSIFICATION; DECAY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LAND SURVEY; POLARIMETRY; QUEENSLAND; RADAR; RESEARCH;

AUSTRALIA; HARVARD FOREST; HOWLAND; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; PETERSHAM; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872703260     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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