Mapping changes in the largest continuous Amazonian mangrove belt using object-based classification of multisensor satellite imagery

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-93

  Nascimento, Wilson R ^a   Souza Filho, Pedro Walfir M ^a,b   Proisy, Christophe ^c   Lucas, Richard M ^d   Rosenqvist, Ake ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TTT Mid Tower 1708   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALOS PALSAR; Coastal changes; GIS; JERS; Mangroves; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALOS; BELT; CLOUD COVER; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; JERS-1; MANGROVE; MAPPING METHOD; PALSAR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICAL REGION;

AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84873723664     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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