Topographic information of sand dunes as extracted from shading effects using Landsat images

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-209

  Levin, N ^a   Ben Dor, E ^a   Karnieli, A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models; Landsat; Sand dunes; Shape from shading

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MAPS; RADIOMETERS; SAND; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); SAND DUNES;

REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DUNE FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SHADING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ASTER;

EID: 1542349935     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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