Application and Development of Integration Technique to Generate Land-cover and Soil Moisture Map Using High Resolution Optical and SAR images

  • Kim Ji-Eun (Earth System Information, Integration, and Imaging Laboratory (ESI3 Lab.), School of Earth and Environmental) ;
  • Park Sang-Eun (Earth System Information, Integration, and Imaging Laboratory (ESI3 Lab.), School of Earth and Environmental) ;
  • Kim Duk-jin (Earth System Information, Integration, and Imaging Laboratory (ESI3 Lab.), School of Earth and Environmental) ;
  • Kim Jun-su (Earth System Information, Integration, and Imaging Laboratory (ESI3 Lab.), School of Earth and Environmental) ;
  • Moon Wooil M. (Earth System Information, Integration, and Imaging Laboratory (ESI3 Lab.), School of Earth and Environmental, Geophysics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg)
  • Published : 2005.10.01

Abstract

Research and development of remote sensing technique is necessary so that more accurate and extensive information may be obtained. To achieve this goal, the synthesized technique which integrates the high resolution optic and SAR image, and topographical information was examined to investigate the quantitative/qualitative characteristics of the Earth's surface environment. For this purpose, high-precision DEMs of Jeju-Island was generated and data fusion algorithm was developed in order to integrate the multi-spectral optic and polarimetric SAR image. Three dimensional land-cover and two dimensional soil moisture maps were generated conclusively so as to investigate the Earth's surface environments and extract the geophysical parameters.

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