Mapping agricultural wetlands in the Sacramento Valley, USA with satellite remote sensing

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-94

  Torbick, Nathan ^a   Salas, William ^a  

^a Applied Geosolutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emissions; Hydroperiod; Landsat; PALSAR; Rice; Sacramento Valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893688324     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: 15729834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-014-9342-x     Document Type: Article

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