Largest crater shape in the Great Sahara revealed by multi-spectral images and radar data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 451-458

  El Baz, F ^a   Ghoneim, E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; RADAR IMAGING; SAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CRATER MORPHOLOGY; LANDSAT ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CRATER; DIAMETER; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; RADARSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHAPE;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

KEBIRA;

EID: 34250893411     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600944002     Document Type: Article

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