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Alcantara Initiative : Synergy of SAR and optical satellite images with applications in the Zambezi Basin

Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
14-A-1-1
Contractor
Start Date
End Date
Country
The Netherlands
Description

The study was motivated by the need to get a better, quantitative, understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of SAR and multispectral image data, taking into account the spatial and temporal at which such data are generally available and the characteristics of floodplains in Southern Africa.

Executive summary