Comparative use of processed satellite images in remote sensing of mass movements: Lebanon as a case study

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4409-4427

  Abdallah, C ^a   Chorowicz, J ^b   Boukheir, R ^a   Dhont, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

MASS MOVEMENT; MAXIMUM ACCURACY LEVEL; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA INTERPRETATION; IKONOS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRS (SATELLITE); LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MASS MOVEMENT; PANCHROMATIC IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34748892942     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701241761     Document Type: Article

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