TerraSAR-X dual-pol time-series for mapping of wetland vegetation

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-98

  Betbeder, Julie ^a   Rapinel, Sébastien ^a,b   Corgne, Samuel ^a   Pottier, Eric ^c   Hubert Moy, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Multi temporal classifications; Support Vector Machine classifier; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); TerraSAR X imagery; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FLOODS; MAPPING; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

MULTITEMPORAL CLASSIFICATION; POLARIMETRIC IMAGERY; POLARIMETRIC PARAMETERS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE CLASSIFIERS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE TECHNIQUES; TERRASAR-X; VEGETATION FORMATIONS;

RADAR IMAGING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRA (SATELLITE); WETLAND;

EID: 84938747913     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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