Remote sensing of landslides: An analysis of the potential contribution to geo-spatial systems for hazard assessment in mountainous environments

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 284-303

  Metternicht, Graciela ^a   Hurni, Lorenz ^b   Gogu, Radu ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Debris flows; DlnSAR; Hazard prediction; InSAR; Landslides; LiDAR; Mapping; Monitoring; Mountainous hazards; Remote sensing; SAR; Spatial modelling; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISASTERS; FLOODS; MAPPING; MONITORING; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DEBRIS FLOWS; DLNSAR; HAZARD PREDICTION; INSAR; MOUNTAINOUS HAZARD; SPATIAL MODELING; SWITZERLAND;

LANDSLIDES;

DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 25844512682     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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