Title :
P-band radar data classification by neural network for Amazonian land cover assessment
Author :
Nepomuceno, A.M. ; Freitas, C.C. ; Valeriano, D.M. ; dos Santos, J.R. ; Dutra, L.V. ; da Silva, N.C. ; de CSanta Rosa, A.N.
Author_Institution :
Div. for Remote Sensing, Brazilian Nat. Inst. for Space Res., Sao Jose, Brazil
Abstract :
This work presents the evaluation of the P-band data discrimination properties using Fuzzy-ART artificial neural network (AMN) unsupervised methodology for land cover mapping in the Amazon tropical forest.
Keywords :
ART neural nets; airborne radar; forestry; fuzzy neural nets; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; Amazon tropical forest; P-band radar; artificial neural network; data classification; fuzzy-ART; land cover mapping; Aerodynamics; Artificial neural networks; Geoscience and remote sensing; Image processing; Neural networks; Optical sensors; Process planning; Radar imaging; Radar remote sensing; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294529
