Evaluating SAR polarization modes at L-band for forest classification purposes in eastern Amazon, Brazil

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-135

  Liesenberg, Veraldo ^a   Gloaguen, Richard ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alos palsar; Eastern Amazon; Polarization modes; Secondary forest; Successional forest; SVM

Indexed keywords

ALOS; BACKSCATTER; DATA ACQUISITION; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SECONDARY FOREST; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84872785178     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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