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Comparative evaluation of ALMAZ, ERS-1, JERS-1, and Landsat-TM for discriminating wet tundra habitats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Gennady I. Belchansky ,
Gregory K. Ovchinnikov  and
David C. Douglas
Gennady I. Belchansky
Affiliation:
Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Animal Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Space Monitoring & Ecoinformation Systems Sector, Leninsky prospect 33, Moscow, 117071, Russia
Gregory K. Ovchinnikov
Affiliation:
Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Animal Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Space Monitoring & Ecoinformation Systems Sector, Leninsky prospect 33, Moscow, 117071, Russia
David C. Douglas
Affiliation:
Alaska Science Center, National Biological Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, USA
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Abstract

Systematic image-classification methods were applied to ALMAZ, ERS-1, and JERS-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and Landsat-TM multispectral satellite images to evaluate the relative information content of the satellite data for discriminating wet tundra habitats in northern Alaska. Results suggest that SAR data can be used to concurrently detect a maximum of four or five landcover classes using the methods of this study. Combining two or more SAR images from different satellites improved the detection of some classes, particularly water bodies. Combining full-resolution SAR data with Landsat-TM did not improve the detection capabilities of Landsat-TM alone. Further research is needed to assess other image-classification and SAR data processing methods.

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Polar Record , Volume 31 , Issue 177 , April 1995 , pp. 161 - 168
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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