Emerging applications of interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) in geomorphology and hydrology

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 385-398

  Smith, Laurence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion, floods; Hillslopes; Interferometry; Land subsidence; River ice; SAR; Snow; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE; INTERFEROMETRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0037755722     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00295     Document Type: Review

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