Mapping mangrove extent and change: A globally applicable approach

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Thomas, Nathan ^a,b   Bunting, Peter ^c   Lucas, Richard ^c   Hardy, Andy ^c   Rosenqvist, Ake ^d   Fatoyinbo, Temilola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TTT Mid Tower 1708   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALOS PALSAR; Change detection; Global change; Machine learning; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MAPPING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALOS PALSAR; CHANGE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MANGROVE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SPACE-BORNE SENSOR;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 85053607474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10091466     Document Type: Article

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