THE INVESTIGATION OF LAND SURFACE FEATURES USING OPTICAL AND SAR IMAGES

The aim of this study is a) to investigate land surface features and b) to conduct a land cover mapping in Mongolia using both optical and SAR images. As a test site, Tsagaantolgoi area, northern Mongolia having highly topographically changing landscapes is selected and for the analysis Landsat ETM(+) and ERS-2 C-band SAR images are used. The analysis was carried out using Erdas Imagine 8.6 installed in a PC environment.