DocumentCode :
326251
Title :
Spectral separability and composition of coastal wetlands using SAR and fused optical-SAR data sets
Author :
Henderson, Floyd M. ; Hart, Thomas F., Jr. ; Heaton, Brian ; Chasan, R.
Author_Institution :
GIS Remote Sensing Lab., State Univ. of New York, Albany, NY, USA
Volume :
2
fYear :
1998
fDate :
6-10 Jul 1998
Firstpage :
867
Abstract :
Monitoring and managing coastal resources is an increasingly important environmental concern. Coastal wetlands are a particularly sensitive ecosystem receiving much attention at national, state, and local levels. Current, accurate information on the status, changes and pressures on these wetlands is essential for prudent decision making. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) has developed a protocol and classification system for mapping coastal wetlands and adjacent upland land cover for any coastal region of the United States based primarily on analysis of Landsat TM data. Some wetland areas are small in extent and are inadequately represented due to the spatial resolution of the TM. As part of a broader evaluation of the utility and role of SAR for coastal resource management data needs, the purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the potential of multi-sensor fusion and unsupervised classification for coastal wetland mapping under C-CAP guidelines
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; image classification; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; sensor fusion; synthetic aperture radar; C-CAP; Landsat TM data; NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Change Analysis Program; SAR; United States; adjacent upland land cover; classification system; coastal resource management; coastal resources; coastal wetlands; composition; ecosystem; fused optical-SAR data sets; multi-sensor fusion; spatial resolution; spectral separability; unsupervised classification; Decision making; Ecosystems; Environmental management; Monitoring; Protocols; Remote sensing; Resource management; Satellites; Sea measurements; Spatial resolution;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699609
Filename :
699609
Link To Document :
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