| Title | Atlantic Plains Forest and Land Cover Mapping from C-Band SAR Imagery: Moroccan GlobeSAR Program |
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| Author | Merzouk, A; Dhman, H; Abdellaoui, B; Mejjati Alami, M; Prévost, C; Cyr, L |
| Source | International Symposium, Geomatics in the Era of RADARSAT (GER'97), Ottawa, Canada, May 25-30; 1997 p. 11 |
| Year | 1997 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20042221 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| Abstract | The paper presents the preliminary results of the airborne C-Band SAR data (12.12.1993) and RADASAT-1 imagery validation for mapping forest cover types in the Atlantic plains of Morocco. The research ,
which is part of the international GLOBESAR program, was conducted in the Ghaba Larache cork oak forest with the active participation of the local foresters who were in desperate need for accurate, timely and cost effective forest inventories. The
research clearly demonstrated the potential of the radar imagery for forest cover mapping in this area of relatively even topography. The combination of GIS environment of the SAR data and Landsat-TM (4&5) imagery was shown to provide more
information on forest structure and vegetation types. The resulting forest cover units were integrated with geographic information systems for effective management planning. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 219023 |
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