Classification of surface covers by combining optical and microwave data for Baikal Lake region

Author

Zakharova, L. ; Zakharov, A. ; Darizhapov, D. ; Schmullius, C.

Author_Institution

IRE, Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

6

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

3549

Abstract

Integration of optical and microwave remote sensing data is an effective way to conduct more detailed classification of the surface covers. For this work we analyzed MSU-E optical data and SIR-C quad-pol data (both C- and L-bands) that cover southeastern part of Baikal Lake region. Using two sources of data, we compared the results of several classification methods and verified them during field trip. We focused our attention mostly on forest classification. Besides we got classification results for water surfaces and marshlands.

Keywords

classification; forestry; optical images; radar polarimetry; vegetation mapping; water; Baikal Lake region; MSU-E optical data; SIR-C quad-pol data; classification; forest; marshlands; microwave data; microwave remote sensing; optical data; optical images; radar polarimetry; surface covers; water surfaces; Integrated optics; Lakes; Laser radar; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Polarization; Radar imaging; Remote monitoring; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294850

Filename

1294850