Exploring the optimal integration levels between SAR and optical data for better urban land cover mapping in the Pearl River Delta

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 64, Issue , 2018, Pages 87-95

  Zhang, Hongsheng ^a   Xu, Ru ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fusion level; Fusion strategies; Optical and SAR fusion; Urban land cover

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ENVISAT; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; MACHINE LEARNING; MAPPING; OPTICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRASAR-X; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 85032199129     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2017.08.013     Document Type: Article

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