8
Grassland Productivity Simulation: Integrating Remote
Sensing and an Ecosystem Process Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Yuhong He, Zhangbao Ma, and Xulin Guo
Part IV Environmental Modeling and Risk Assessment
9
Glaciological Studies at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) Based
on Aerial Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Viktor Kaufmann, Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Gerhard Karl Lieb,
Heinz Slupetzky, and Michael Avian
10 Mapping Coastal Erosion Risk in the Southern Red River
Delta, Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Mizue Murooka, Yasuhiro Kuwahara, and Shigeko Haruyama
11 Modelling Shallow Landslide Risk Using GIS and a Distributed
Hydro-geotechnical Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Pingping Luo, Apip, Bin He, Kaoru Takara, Weili Duan,
Maochuan Hu, and Daniel Nover
12 An Integrated Model for Assessing Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Considering Climate Change Mitigation and Flood Risk
Adaptation Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Kumiko Nakamichi, Yoshiki Yamagata, and Hajime Seya
Part V Earth Observation Data Processing
13 Support Vector Machines for Land Cover Mapping
from Remote Sensor Imagery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Dee Shi and Xiaojun Yang
14 Digital Processing of SAR Data and Image
Analysis Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Saied Pirasteh, Hojjat O. Safari, and Somayeh Mollaee
15 Development of a New Wetness Index Based
on RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Quazi K. Hassan and Charles P.-A. Bourque
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
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