Comparison and integration of spaceborne optical and radar data for mapping in Sudan

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1551-1569

  Idol, Terry ^a   Haack, Barry ^a   Mahabir, Ron ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; RADAR REFLECTION; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD DECISION RULES; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL SATELLITES; THEMATIC ACCURACIES;

RADAR IMAGING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; LAND COVER; MAPPING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PALSAR; RADARSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEXTURE;

SUDAN;

EID: 84926152744     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1015659     Document Type: Article

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