Detecting Emergence, Growth, and Senescence of Wetland Vegetation with Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data

Detecting Emergence, Growth, and Senescence of Wetland Vegetation with Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data

Wetlands provide ecosystem goods and services vitally important to humans. Land managers and policymakers working to conserve wetlands require regularly updated information on the statuses of wetlands across the landscape. However, wetlands are challenging to map remotely with high accuracy and cons...

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Main Authors: Alisa L. Gallant, Shannon G. Kaya, Lori White, Brian Brisco, Mark F. Roth, Walt Sadinski, Jennifer Rover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-03-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
synthetic aperture radar
Radarsat-2
wetlands
wetland vegetation
wetland mapping
wetland monitoring
radar polarimetry
Freeman-Durden decomposition
change detection
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/6/3/694

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