Land cover discrimination using SAREX data

Author

Filho, Pedro Hernandez ; Dutra, Luciano V. ; Grover, Kevin ; Amaral, Silvana ; Quegan, S.

Author_Institution

Inst. Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug. 1994

Firstpage

1074

Abstract

During SAREX campaign in 1992, SAR images were acquired over the Tapajos region in Brazil. In this paper the preliminary results of SAREX visual analysis are presented, and compared to results of visual analysis of TM data. The results permit the conclusion that the strength of high resolution C-band SAR imagery over rain forest is its texture information.

Keywords

forestry; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image texture; radar applications; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1992; Amazon; Brazil; C-band SAR imagery; SAR image; SAREX; Tapajos region; forestry; image texture; land cover discrimination; measurement technique; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; rain forest; signal processing; terrain mapping; tropical forest; vegetation mapping; Cities and towns; Data analysis; Geoscience; Humans; Image resolution; Photography; Rain; Rivers; Road transportation; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Soil;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399348

Filename

399348