Title :
Mapping on mangrove forest using multisource data
Author :
Mougin, E. ; Fromard, F. ; Rudant, J.P.
Abstract :
During the SAREX-92 experiment a first mapping of the mangrove forests of French Guyana was done using SPOT and ERS-1 data. This paper completes this study by using the SPOT, ERS-1 (with 2 more dates), JERS-1, SAREX and AIRSAR-polarimetric data. A multi-source hierarchical classification method has been used to treat this diversity. A numerical comparison between the results of different combinations of data is presented and the ability of each separate data is studied
Keywords :
forestry; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image classification; oceanographic regions; optical information processing; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; sensor fusion; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Caribbean; ERS-1; French Guyana; JERS-1; SAR imaging; SAREX-92; SPOT; South America; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; hierarchical classification method; image classification; intertidal region; mangrove forest; multispectral optical observations; ocean; optical imaging; radar remote sensing; sea coast; sensor fusion; spaceborne radar observations; tropical forest; vegetation mapping; Airborne radar; Clouds; Earth; Filters; Polarization; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; Radiometry; Spaceborne radar; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521190
