An automatic method for mapping inland surface waterbodies with Radarsat-2 imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1367-1384

  Li, Junhua ^a   Wang, Shusen ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AUTOMATIC THRESHOLDING; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; HISTOGRAM THRESHOLDING; INTENSITY-BASED METHODS; OTSU THRESHOLDING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGERY; THRESHOLDING METHODS;

RADAR IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING METHOD; PIXEL; RADAR IMAGERY; RADARSAT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

EID: 84938306344     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1009653     Document Type: Article

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