Semiquantitative classification of rainforest terrain in Colombian Amazonia using radar imagery

Abstract

A semiquantitative method has been developed for the classification of lowland forest terrain in Colombian Amazonia. The method, which makes use of SLAR imagery at a scale of 1:200 000, is hierarchic in character and provides for the recognition of up to seven terrain classes. The morphological evolution of the landscape is discussed in the light of preliminary terrain mapping.