Microwave remote sensing of physically buried objects in the Negev Desert: Implications for environmental research

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-256

  Daniels, Julian ^a   Blumberg, Dan G ^a   Vulfson, Leonid D ^b   Kotlyar, Alex L ^b   Freiliker, Valentin ^b   Ronen, Gefen ^a   Ben Asher, Jiftah ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Hydrology; Modeling; Remote sensing; Structural geology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MICROWAVES; RADAR; SAND;

SCATTEROMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BURIED STRUCTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0141459323     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00111-1     Document Type: Article

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