Observation of large fixed sand dunes of Taklimakan Desert using satellite imagery

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Tsuchiya, Kiyoshi ^a   Oguro, Yoshinari ^b  

^a Environmental Information Center   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

JERS 1 OPS; Sand dunes; Satellite data; Taklimakan Desert; Terra MODIS

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SAND; SATELLITES; STORMS;

JERS-1 OPS; SAND DUNES; SATELLITE DATA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TERRA MODIS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847299601     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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