Title :
Land Cover Characterization and Classification using Polarimetric ALOS PALSAR
Author :
Li, Xinwu ; Touzi, Ridha ; Guo, Huadong
Author_Institution :
Center for Earth Obs. & Digital Earth, Lab. of Digital Earth Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
In this study, the Touzi and Cloude-Pottier decompositions are compared for land cover characterization using ALOS/PALSAR polarimetric data collected at September, 4, 2006, over the Weinan region of Shanxi Province in China, the most useful parameters are combined for land cover classification. The classification results are assessed and validated using Landsat TM image of Weinan area acquired at August, 9, 2006.
Keywords :
crops; image classification; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; AD 2006 08 09 to 09 04; China; Cloude-Pottier decomposition; Landsat TM image; Shanxi Province; Touzi decomposition; Weinan region; land cover characterization; land cover classification; polarimetric ALOS PALSAR data; Backscatter; Entropy; Geoscience; Layout; Matrix decomposition; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Satellites; Scattering parameters; Testing; ALOS/PALSAR; Classification; Land Cover Characterization; Target Scattering Vector Decomposition;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779963
