The use of airborne P-band radar data for land use and land cover mapping in Brazilian Amazonia

Author

Freitas, C.C. ; Sant´Anna, S.J.S. ; Soler, L.S. ; Santos, J.R. ; Dutra, L.V. ; De Araújo, L.S. ; Mura, J.C. ; Filho, P. Hernandez

Author_Institution

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais-INPE, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1889

Abstract

The aim of this work was to analyze the potentiality of polarimetric P-band data for land use and land cover mapping in a site of the Brazilian Amazonia. These data are the first P-band image set gathered in the Brazilian Amazonia, so they represent a unique opportunity of analyzing the potentiality of this frequency for classification purposes. The stratification of land use/land cover classes was performed using a classification system specially developed for polarimetric data. Results showed that P-band data were able to discriminate forest and regeneration areas from crop, pasture and bare soil areas. Moreover, regeneration areas (older than 12 years) were successfully distinguished from primary forest and other regeneration stages

Keywords

airborne radar; image classification; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; terrain mapping; Brazil; Brazilian Amazonia; airborne P-band radar data; bare soil; classification; crop; forest; land cover mapping; land use; pasture; polarimetric data; regeneration areas; stratification; Airborne radar; Clouds; Covariance matrix; Crops; Frequency; Image analysis; Microwave sensors; Monitoring; Radar polarimetry; Soil;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977106

Filename

977106