Detection of sand-covered geologic features in the Arabian Peninsula using SIR-C/X-SAR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-382

  Dabbagh, Abdallah E ^a   Al Hinai, Khattab G ^a   Khan, M Asif ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; SAND; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EOLIAN SAND; SHUTTLE IMAGING RADAR C/X SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SIR-C/X-SAR);

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0031076282     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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