Well-tended bamboo groves, once an integral element in the satoyama, Japan’s traditional countryside mosaic, have over the past half century been abandoned. These abandoned groves are vigorous and are now expanding, causing various problems, including loss of diversity and damage to cropland. To control and manage these groves, an effective yet efficient system for documenting and monitoring th...

With the launch of ALOS in 2006, JAXA took the initiative to implement the first global-scale systematic acquisition strategy for satellite sensors at fine (2.5m-20m) spatial resolution. Comprising all three sensors on ALOS (PALSAR, PRISM, AVNIR-2), the plan is designed to serve all ALOS user categories and aims at producing spatially and temporally consistent coverages over the planet on a rep...

Juniperus excelsa subsp. Polycarpos, which Iranians known as the Persian juniper located in the northeast of Iran.ALOS satellite using multispectral band (AVNIR-2) with 10-meter resolution and Panchromatic band (PRISM) with 2.5-meter resolution has been used.Two kinds of method (pixel and object) for tree extraction have been calculated. Object orientedSupport Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm has...

Soil erosion is a widespread problem causing the deterioration of both land and water resources. The water quality and quantity “Q and Q” connection is vital for sustainable water resources development and management. The prime objective of the research work is to quantify suspended sediment concentrations in surface waters by means of ALOS and ASTER satellite data. In this research work multis...