Title :
Mapping Canadian wetlands using L-band radar satellite imagery S
Author :
Whitcomb, J. ; Moghaddam, M. ; McDonald, K. ; Podest, E.
Author_Institution :
Radiat. Lab., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Previously, we have developed a robust algorithm for mapping boreal wetlands using L-band satellite radar imagery, and in particular have used the method to produce a complete vegetated wetlands map of Alaska using the JERS radar data. In this work, we apply this algorithm to produce a static map of Canadian wetlands from the 1997-98 era JERS radar data at 100-m resolution, to be followed in the future by 2007-era ALOS/PALSAR maps.
Keywords :
lakes; radar imaging; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; AD 1997 to 1998; AD 2007; ALOS/PALSAR maps; Canadian wetland mapping; JERS radar data; L-band radar satellite imagery S; vegetated wetlands map; Airborne radar; Backscatter; Classification tree analysis; Decision trees; Earth; L-band; Laboratories; Radar imaging; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; JERS; boreal; wetlands;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418280
