An approach to monitoring mangrove extents through time-series comparison of JERS-1 SAR and ALOS PALSAR data

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-17

  Thomas, Nathan ^a   Lucas, Richard ^b   Itoh, Takuya ^c   Simard, Marc ^d   Fatoyinbo, Lola ^e   Bunting, Peter ^a   Rosenqvist, Ake ^f  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f TTT Mid Tower 1708   (Japan)

Author keywords

Change; Mangroves; Radar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939889269     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: 15729834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-014-9370-6     Document Type: Article

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