Fractal characterization of a hydrological basin using SAR satellite images

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Maître, Henri ^a,b   Pinciroli, Matteo ^a,c  

^a TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Supx00E9   (France)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; RADAR IMAGING; RIVERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL BASINS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032736313     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.739152     Document Type: Article

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